The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Hume area prior to the founding of the town was an area bathed in the beauty of nature and heinous Border Wars. Native Americans are thought to have buried their dead in a mound structure approximately one mile north of Hume, although there is no evidence to support this claim. The first known Euro-American settler in the Hume area was Peter Duncan in 1835. The Bleeding Kansas affair and the upcoming Civil War brought John Brown to this area with an attack on the Lawrence farm, five miles south of Hume, in which slaves were freed. Border warfare fighting began soon after, which cost many lives. The Civil War began in 1861, and within a 40-mile radius of Hume, two battles took place: the Battle of Mine Creek and the Battle of Dry Wood Creek. The war came to a head when Order No. 11 was signed by Gen. Thomas Ewing and led to a burning of settlements in the Hume area.
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2000
Nothing in Hume is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Hume has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Prescott School in Prescott, 6.5 miles away.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.