A HISTORY OF MlfORTTIORXS IN' KANSAS 



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S'uessed. Members of tlie Piper family and sev- 

 eral other persons living in Tjahette eonnty prn- 

 tlueed small herds of Sliortliorns dnring tlie 

 eig'hties from this lot of eattle, and a mnnher (jf 

 herds in that section are descended frdiii the Pip- 

 er heifers. 



Wabaunsee County's First Herd. — Tj. A. 

 Knai:)p came from La Salle connty, Illinois, set- 

 tling on a faj^m in Wabannsee county a few miles 

 n.orthwest of Dover, in 1870. He brough.t with 

 him a good knowledge of Sliortliorns, plenty of 

 enthusiasm, a good liull and two cows. One of 

 these cows. Bluebird 2d, has descendants in sca'- 

 cral Kansas herds. A little more than a year- 

 later he formed a jiartnershi]) Avith George W. 

 Glick and transferred his energies to Shannon 

 Hill AAdieiT' he remained until 1876 oi- 1877 when 

 he returned to his Waliaunsee comity farm AAuth 

 (|uite a number ol' ^ood cattle from the (Hick 

 herd Avhich came to him through the pai'tner- 

 sliip. As L. A. Knap]i of DoA'er, he became one 

 of the well known breeders of the state, prodnc- 

 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. Kna]ip, who 

 is raising Shoi'tliorns, some of AAdiich are descend- 

 ed in the female line from the cows brought from 

 Illinois in 1870. 



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



