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  Construction Materials in Ellis County, Kansas
Ellis County is in the third tier of counties south of the Kansas-Nebraska border and in the fifth tier east of the Colorado border.
Ellis County is bordered on the east by Russell County, on the west by Trego County, on the north by Rooks County, and on the south by Rush County.
The areas of greatest relief in Ellis County are along the Saline River in the northern part of the county, along Big Creek in the western part of the county, and along the Smoky Hill River in the southern part of the county..
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 ELLIS County, Part 1
The territory embraced within the county limits is divided into five civil townships, Ellis embracing a strip nine miles wide on the west side of the county, extending from the north to the south line of the county.
Ellis is in the fifth tier of counties from the west line of the State.
Notwithstanding the richness and depth of the soil, Ellis cannot be classed as an agricultural county, its chief adaptation being wool-growing and stock-raising.
www.kancoll.org /books/cutler/ellis/ellis-co-p1.html   (856 words)

  
 Ellis County, Kansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ellis County (standard abbreviation: EL) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas.
Ellis County's population was estimated to be 26,767 in the year 2005, a decrease of 658, or -2.4%, over the previous five years.
The cities of Ellis and Hays are considered governmentally independent and are excluded from the census figures for the townships.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ellis_County,_Kansas   (458 words)

  
 Ellis Kansas Resource Guide, City or community of Ellis, Kansas Facts, Information, Relocation, Real Estate, Advertising
The population of Ellis is approximately 1,873 (2000).
The distance from Ellis to Washington DC is 1278 miles.
Ellis is positioned 38.93 degrees north of the equator and 99.55 degrees west of the prime meridian.
www.usacitiesonline.com /kscountyellis.htm   (375 words)

  
 Ellis County, Kansas Home Page
Ellis County, Kansas, founded in 1867, is conveniently located midway between Denver, Colorado and Kansas City, Kansas in beautiful western Kansas.
Ellis County sprawls out over 900 square miles of wide-open prairie and golden wheat fields and has a population of approximately 27,000 friendly and welcoming people.
Nestled in the center of the 900 square mile county along Interstate-70 is the
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 Ellis, Kansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ellis is a city in Ellis County, Kansas, United States.
Ellis was founded in 1867 as a railroad stop along the Union Pacific railroad.
This stands for the "Buddy King and Ellis Railroad", named for its primary donor the late Francis "Buddy" King, a former mayor of Ellis who died in office in 1994.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ellis,_Kansas   (541 words)

  
 Ellis News
An Ellis County deputy's bravery during a January shootout with suspects in a Utah murder garnered him kudos from the Kansas Sheriff's Association.
Nebraska TV A councilman in Ellis, Kansas, is fighting to keep a Habitat for Humanity home out of his neighborhood.
ELLIS, Kan. -- Rawlins County-Atwood's girls squeezed by Ellis 51-49 in the second round of the Kansas Class sub- state tourney Thursday.
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 Ellis County, Part 4
He first came to Kansas in the winter of 1867, and went on an expedition after the Cheyenne Indians, being a member of the Nineteenth United States Infantry.
Was appointed County Attorney for Ellis County, April 30, 1873, and elected for the four succeeding terms.
Yates is County Coroner of Ellis County, Kan.
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 Janice Ellis for Kansas City, Missouri Mayor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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I believe that Kansas City can be a great American city - a living example in the heart of America with new, strong, capable and compassionate leadership.
I envision a Kansas City with a thriving downtown, strong and healthy neighborhoods in all parts of the city, a firm commitment to our young people, and where all of us are united in our desire to make the city more livable for its citizens.
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 Fort Hays State University
Beginning in 1886 and lasting for about fifteen years, about thirty-five families from each of the two above-named German groups arrived in Ellis, Kansas, where they settled on the outskirts and in the western part of the town.
Through the Bukovina Society of the Americas, headquartered in Ellis, the descendants of Bukovinian immigrants are dedicated to the task of preserving their ethnic heritage through conventions, publications and the collection of relevant records and archival materials.
Ellis is the boyhood home of Walter P. Chrysler who founded the Chrysler Corporation in his later years.
www.fhsu.edu /forsyth_lib/ksheritage/elliscity.shtml   (368 words)

  
 Ellis Kansas
The Kansas Pacific Railroad established a water station on the tracks at the site of present-day Ellis in 1867, and later purchased the site for $1200 through the Homestead Act.
On January 10 1888, the City of Ellis was incorporated by law as a Third Class City.
Now a Second Class City, Ellis has several churches, a new post office, a new high school, a new library, new city hall, and new sewer plant.
www.ellis.ks.us   (285 words)

  
 Ellis County, KS
The Special Collections of the Ablah Library at WSU contain historical images of Ellis, Hays, and Victoria.
The Kansas State Historical Society also has more historical data for Ellis County online including a rich bibliography and lists of cemeteries, post offices, and newspapers.
Fidelis Church, the Cathedral of the Plains, in Victoria is a magnificent Catholic church built by German settlers.
skyways.lib.ks.us /counties/EL   (250 words)

  
 CB Richard Ellis - Kansas City, Office, Retail, Industrial, Investment For lease, For sale
The leading commercial real estate provider for more than 30 years, The CB Richard Ellis Kansas City office is located in the heart of the historic and dynamic Country Club Plaza.
The office serves the entire Kansas City Metropolitan area and surrounding communities in Kansas and Missouri.
Kansas City is one most desirable communities in the region.
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 Welcome to the Ellis County Historical Museum of Hays, KS!
This is a collection of local family stories from Ellis County Residents spanning the years from 1867-1992.
This book was originally published by The Ellis County Star in 1967 for the 1967 centennial celebration of Hays and Ellis County.
Using the history she was surrounded by growing up, she developed an intriguing mystery set in Western Kansas in both the late 1960s and 1860s.
www.elliscountyhistoricalmuseum.org /index.asp?Documentid=710   (888 words)

  
 Ellis County, Kansas GenWeb
Ellis County, Kansas consists of a thirty mile square of western Kansas.
Founded in 1867 when the Kansas Legislature divided the unorganized territory (that part of Kansas which was west of the Sixth Principal Meridian), into sixty-two counties.
The county is named for Lieutenant George Ellis, of the Twelfth Kansas Infantry, who fought Quantrill's raiders in 1863 at Lawrence, Kansas and who was killed April 30, 1864, during the Civil War in a battle at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas.
skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/ellis/index.html   (841 words)

  
 Wichita Eagle | 10/10/2006 | Martens Appraisal spins off from Grubb & Ellis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
But the move is hardly the end of Martens Appraisal's association with Grubb and Ellis.
In fact, the expansion blueprint includes partnerships with Grubb and Ellis offices across the Midwest, South and Southeast.
The plan is to partner the expanded appraisal business with the Grubb and Ellis-owned Landauer appraisal firm in the West, Northwest and Northeast, giving Grubb and Ellis coverage of the continental 48 states.
www.kansas.com /mld/kansas/business/15719371.htm   (412 words)

  
 Ellis v. Berry
In order to determine if the court correctly dismissed the petition, we must determine whether the plaintiff's opening statement contained facts or admissions which would preclude recovery for breach of express or implied contract.
24, 30, 334 P.2d 830 (1959), the Kansas Supreme Court stated, "An express contract exists whenever there is a mutual meeting of the minds upon any contractual proposition." This is a question of fact.
Contracts implied in law are often referred to as quasi contracts or actions for restitution or unjust enrichment.
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 EllisKansas.com - Home
If you know of a Christmas event in Ellis that we do not have listed here OR in our events calendar, please let us know what it is by using the Contact Us page.
Entries must be located within a one mile radius of Ellis city limits.
As always, if you have an event taking place in Ellis, let us know and we'll be glad to add it to the calendar free of charge.
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 Ellis dating, Ellis singles, Ellis chat at Matchmaker.com
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 Ellis High School Test Scores - Ellis, Kansas - KS
In 2004-2005 Kansas used the Kansas State Assessments to test students in reading in grades 5, 8 and 10; in math and science in grades 4, 7 and 10; and in social studies in grades 6, 8 and 11.
The different student groups are identified by the Kansas State Department of Education.
If there are fewer than 10 students in a particular group in a school, the state doesn't report data for that group.
www.greatschools.net /modperl/achievement/ks/369   (348 words)

  
 Walter P. Chrysler Boyhood Home & Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Walter Percy Chrysler was born on April 2, 1875, in Wamego, Kansas.
When he was 3, Walter's family moved to Ellis, Kansas where his father worked as an engineer with the Kansas Pacific Railroad.
Walter went through school in Ellis and became a machinist's apprentice for the then renamed Union Pacific Railroad.
www.kansastravel.org /walterpchrysler.htm   (217 words)

  
 Ellis singles - Ellis dating - Ellis personals
Kansas, also known as the Sunflower State, has many personals looking for dates.
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 Ellis Real Estate - Ellis Kansas
You might be interested to know that Ellis has a population of 2,194 and the average household income in Ellis is $35,356.
Residents of Ellis enjoy 28.1 degree weather in the month of January and 78.6 degree weather in the month of July.
The median age in Ellis is 39.8 and the average household size in Ellis is 2.29.
www.homepages.com /localpages/Kansas/Ellis.htm   (131 words)

  
 Ellis County - Kansas
Ellis County, Kansas became a hotbed in the late 1870's and early 1880's for immigrants that came from the "old country", Russia and settled in Ellis County.
After arriving in Ellis County they began to set up their own villages patterned off their original villages.
The links on the side bar are links to those settlements, which will give you an overview of those who have settled, pictures and more information.
www.volgagerman.net /Ellis%20County.htm   (90 words)

  
 Ellis, KS Houses, Apartments, Cars, Mortgage Status, and Residents Info
Back to: Ellis main page, Kansas, Kansas smaller cities, Kansas small towns, All US cities.
Housing units in Ellis with a mortgage: 248 (20 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
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 Ellis Railroad Museum - Ellis, Kansas
The Ellis Railroad Museum fills four rooms in an 80 year old community building in downtown Ellis, Kansas.
The museum's website describes over 5,000 square feet of working model train layout, but that must be the dimensions of the entire museum.
A Union Pacific caboose is located next to the museum, along with a small depot which was moved to the site from Penokee, Kansas.
www.kansastravel.org /ellisrailroadmuseum.htm   (125 words)

  
 Welcome to Habitat for Humanity of Ellis County, Kansas
Tigers Raisin' Roofs, a leadership studies class at FHSU, raised $700 during the Fall 2006 Semester.
Through the houses built, hope is restored and lives are changed as the cycle of need is broken.
Habitat for Humanity of Ellis County is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
www.habitatelliscounty.org   (168 words)

  
 Ellis, Kansas Local Phone Service and Long Distance: Reduce your Phone Bill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ellis, Kansas Long Distance and Local Phone Service Features...
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We have access to several long distance and local phone service providers that serve Ellis, Kansas.
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 Ellis, Kansas (KS) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hotels, hospitals, schools, crime, news
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Ellis-area historical tornado activity is near Kansas state average.
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 Ellis, Kansas
The Kansas Pacific Railroad established a water station on the tracks at the site of present-day Ellis in 1867.
By 1875, Ellis became a shipping point for cattle herds.
Today, Ellis offers many recreational opportunities as well as several historical museums.
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