Harvey County Genealogical Society
PO Box 75
Newton, KS 67114
e-mail: harveycountyroots@cox.net
300 E 27th St
North Newton, KS 67117-0531
e-mail: mla@bethelks.edu
Sedgwick Historical Society
PO Box 360
Sedgwick, KS 66209-0360
e-mail: JimFloryco@aol.com
HV Harvey County, Kansas, was established in 1872. It was organized out of Sedgwick, McPherson, Reno, & Marion Counties, and named for James Harvey, the 5th Governor of Kansas and Governor at the time the county was formed. The county seat of Harvey County is Newton, Kansas.
Harvey County Old News
courtesy of the Kansas Old Newspaper Transcribers Guild (KCGS)
Arthur Sammons Killed By Train
Car Hit By Train, Mail Carrier Killed BURRTON, KS - December 28 - A 73-year-old substitute mail carrier was killed today when his car slipped off the railroad station platform in Burrton and was struck by a passenger train. He was Arthur James Sammons, a retired...
James Gray Sentence Postponed
Decision to postpone sentencing of James Gray, colored, and confessed slayer of his son-in-law, Chester Banks, until the February term of district court was announced today by J. Rodney Stone, county attorney.
Mrs. S.A. Newhall
NEWTON, KS - Word was received here on Thursday from R. Frank Newhall of Chicago, telling of the death of his mother, Mrs. S. A. Newhall at Loma Linda, Calif. Mrs. Newhall is the wife of the late Dr. S. A. Newhall, who practiced in Newton many years ago. Mrs. Newhall...
Cadet Ray Rowe Victim of Army Plane Crash
Cadet Ray Rowe and Pal Killed Newton Youth Is Victim of Army Plane Crash Near Kelly Field Son of S. C. Rowe Instantly Killed When Big Bomber Fell - Will Be Brought Home NEWTON, KS - Associated Press dispatches from San Antonio, telling the shocking news of the...