The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Ashland lies along what was once a military road from Fort Dodge (now Dodge City, Kansas) to the north and Fort Supply in the Indian Territory to the south. In 1870, during the Comanche Campaign against the Native Americans, the Army built two redoubts along the Dodge/Supply trail near the current site of Ashland: the Bear Creek Redoubt, five miles to the north, and the Cimarron Redoubt, nine miles to the south.
Founded in 1884, it was named after the city of Ashland, Kentucky. The first post office in Ashland was established in 1885.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ashland’s history is told.
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Ashland, decade by decade
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5 historic places in Ashland
5 places in Ashland are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1972Stockgrowers State Bank
Listed 2001Stein House
Listed 2005Ashland Grade School
Listed 2015Girl Scout Little HouseListed 2019Hodson HotelThen & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the National Register (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.