A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 'J! 



guessed. Members of the Piper family and sev- 

 eral other persons living in Labette county pro- 

 duced small herds of Shorthorns during the 

 eighties from this lot of cattle, and a number of 

 herds in that section are descended from the Pip- 

 er heifers. 



Wabaunsee County's First Herd. L. A. 

 Knapp came from La Salle county, Illinois, set- 

 tling on a farm in Wabaunsee county a few miles 

 northwest of Dover, in 1870. He brought with 

 him a good knowledge of Shorthorns, plenty of 

 enthusiasm, a good bull and two cows. One of 

 these cows, Bluebird 2d, has descendants in sev- 

 eral Kansas herds. A little more than a year 

 later he formed a partnership with George W. 

 Glick and transferred his energies to Shannon 

 Hill where he remained until 1876 or 1877 when 

 he returned to his Wabaunsee county farm with 

 quite a number of good cattle from the Glick 

 herd which came to him through the partner- 

 ship. As L. A. Knapp of Dover, he became one 

 of the well known breeders of the state, produc- 

 ing many creditable specimens of the breed. Some 

 of these in other hands went to build good herds. 

 The farm upon which Mr. Knapp settled is now 

 owned and occupied by his son, E. L. Knapp, who 

 is raising Shorthorns, some of which are descend- 

 ed in the female line from the cows brought from 

 Illinois in 1870. 



James O'Neal & Son. Mr. O'Neal had been 



