Hollis, Kansas

History
1909 tornado damage

Hollis was first called Christie, for W. J. Christie, the original owner of the town site.[1]

Hollis was a shipping point located at the junction of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and the Union Pacific Railroads.[2]

A tornado hit Hollis on May 14, 1909 at five o'clock in the evening[3] causing serious damage and killing several people. The town was "swept away" by the tornado[3] Only three buildings in the town were reported to have escaped damage, and total damage estimates were over $50,000 in 1909 dollars.[3]

Education

The community is served by Concordia USD 333 public school district.

References
  1. Hollibaugh, E. F. (1903). Biographical History of Cloud County, Kansas: Biographies of Representative Citizens. Illustrated with Portraits of Prominent People, Cuts of Homes, Stock, Etc. Wilson, Humphrey & Company. p. 888.
  2. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 864.
  3. The Kansas City Star Archived 2012-09-06 at the Wayback Machine "Damage by Kansas Storm" May 15, 1909 (reported on GenDisasters.com website)

Further reading
See also: List of books about Cloud County, Kansas


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