A tornado hit Hollis on May 14, 1909, at five o'clock in the evening[4] causing serious damage and killing several people. The town was "swept away" by the tornado[4] Only three buildings in the town were reported to have escaped damage, and total damage estimates were over $50,000 in 1909 dollars.[4] In 1910, the community reported a population of just 50 people.[5]
Educationedit
The community is served by Concordia USD 333 public school district.
^Hollibaugh, E. F. (1903). Biographical History of Cloud County, Kansas: Biographies of Representative Citizens. Illustrated with Portraits of Prominent People, Cuts of Homes, Stock, Etc. Wilson, Humphrey & Company. p. 888.
^Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 864.
^ abcThe Kansas City Star 2012-09-06 at the Wayback Machine "Damage by Kansas Storm" May 15, 1909 (reported on GenDisasters.com website)
^"Hollis - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912". www.ksgenweb.org. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
hollis, kansas, hollis, unincorporated, community, cloud, county, kansas, united, states, contents, history, education, references, further, reading, external, linkshistory, edit, nbsp, 1909, tornado, damagethe, community, originally, named, christie, christie. Hollis is an unincorporated community in Cloud County Kansas United States 1 Contents 1 History 2 Education 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksHistory edit nbsp 1909 tornado damageThe community was originally named Christie for W J Christie the original owner of the town site 2 Hollis was a shipping point located at the junction of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and the Union Pacific Railroads 3 A tornado hit Hollis on May 14 1909 at five o clock in the evening 4 causing serious damage and killing several people The town was swept away by the tornado 4 Only three buildings in the town were reported to have escaped damage and total damage estimates were over 50 000 in 1909 dollars 4 In 1910 the community reported a population of just 50 people 5 Education editThe community is served by Concordia USD 333 public school district References edit Hollis Kansas Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior Hollibaugh E F 1903 Biographical History of Cloud County Kansas Biographies of Representative Citizens Illustrated with Portraits of Prominent People Cuts of Homes Stock Etc Wilson Humphrey amp Company p 888 Blackmar Frank Wilson 1912 Kansas A Cyclopedia of State History Embracing Events Institutions Industries Counties Cities Towns Prominent Persons Etc Standard Publishing Company pp 864 a b c The Kansas City Star Archived 2012 09 06 at the Wayback Machine Damage by Kansas Storm May 15 1909 reported on GenDisasters com website Hollis KS Cyclopedia 1912 www ksgenweb org Retrieved July 14 2022 Further reading editSee also List of books about Cloud County KansasExternal links editCloud County maps Current Historic KDOT 39 37 52 N 097 33 09 W 39 63111 N 97 55250 W 39 63111 97 55250 nbsp This article about a location in Cloud County Kansas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hollis Kansas amp oldid 1167154483, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
