The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗For millennia, the land that is currently Kansas was inhabited by Native Americans. In 1803, the United States secured most of modern Kansas as part of the Louisiana Purchase. In 1854, Congress organized the Kansas Territory and in 1861, Kansas became the 34th state.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Reading’s history is told.
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Reading, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Reading is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Reading has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Luther Severy & Son Stock Farm in Barclay, 2.2 miles away.
Reading and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
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