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'''Hog Back''' |
'''Hogback''' or '''Hog Back''', originally '''Hog Back Siding''', refers to a location in western [[Ellis County, Kansas]]<ref name="GNIS"/>, {{convert|3|mi|km}} east of [[Ellis, Kansas]]. |
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The name was given by the [[UPRR]] to a new [[Kansas Pacific Railway]] siding constructed at the location in 1907. The name was reused from the 1870s "Hog Back Station" siding another {{convert|3|mi|km}} further east. The earlier, scarcely-used siding had become redundant when a siding for the new [[Yocemento, Kansas|Yocemento]] factory and town was installed just a half mile to the east of the first siding. <ref>{{cite news | newspaper= The Hays Free Press |location= Hays, Kansas |date= February 2, 1907 |access-date= 2018-11-04 |title= Normal Notes |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20031330/hog_back_ellis_county/ | via=[[Newspapers.com]] | url-access=registration | quote= The Railroad surveyors were busy this week setting the stakes for the new switches at Hogback and {{sic|Yosemento}}.}}</ref> |
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==History== |
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Hog Back was a railroad siding and granary {{convert|3|mi|km}} east of [[Ellis, Kansas|Ellis]].<ref>[http://www.legendsofkansas.com/elliscountyextincttowns.html Extinct Towns of Ellis County, Kansas]</ref><ref>[https://www.topozone.com/kansas/ellis-ks/city/hog-back-2/ Hog Back Topo Map in Ellis County KS]</ref> |
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The name "Hogback" comes from the topographic resemblance to a hog's back of the ridge immediately to the south of this location.<ref name= "RoadsideKS" >{{cite book |author1= Rex C. Buchanan |author2= James R. McCauley |title= Roadside Kansas |publisher= University Press of Kansas ([[Kansas Geological Survey]]) |year= 1987 |isbn= 978-0-7006-0322-0 |pages= 96–102 |quote= [Between Yocemento [mile 153.0] and Ellis [mile 145.6]; at Interstate 70 Mile Marker 150.0:] A mile south of the highway is a railroad siding named Hogback, which probably got its name from a sharp bluff formed by an outcrop of [[Fort Hays Limestone Member|Fort Hays Limestone]] along the [[Big Creek (Kansas)|Big Creek]] valley. [This source goes on to disambiguate this particular location from structurally similar [[Mount Oread]].]}} </ref> |
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The new Hog Back Siding was located at the farms settled in 1878 by Kepple Disney and his children.<ref name= Atlas1922 >{{cite book|publisher= Geo. A. Ogle & Co. |title= Standard Atlas of Ellis County, Kansas |year= 1922 |access-date = 2018-11-30 |url= https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/223993/page/29 |location= Chicago }} [Thomas Disney was Kepple Disney's brother. North of the siding is the Beaver Bank school where some of the Disneys taught.]</ref> These are the grandfather, aunts, and uncles of [[Walt Disney]]. It was from here that Walt's father, [[Elias Disney]] left for Florida in the 1880s. The Disneys frequented Ellis while that community recognized that the Disneys' home was "at Hogback".<ref name= DisneyHome>{{cite journal |url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/427127066/?terms=%22hogback%22&match=1 |journal= The Ellis Review-Headlight |date= 1925-05-01 |page= 6 |title= Community Notes |quote= Mrs. Thomas Disney returned to her '''home at Hogback'''. }}</ref> After Walt Disney established [[Disneyland]], the family farms there were known locally as "Disneyland, KS".<ref name= DisneyKS>{{cite journal |url= https://newspapers.com/image/1314669/? |journal= The Hays Daily News |date= 1962-04-29 |page= 12 |title= Kansas' Disneyland is Preserved in Tradition for Generations to Come }}</ref> |
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No town was ever established here. A cattle corral and a grainary were built early on.<ref name= AtHome >{{cite book |title= At Home in Ellis County 1867–1992 |volume= 1 |publisher= Ellis County Historical Society |year= 1991 |pages= 65 |quote= [picture of] Harvey and Lyle Luce at the elevator their father operated at Hog Back.}}</ref> A school was established a half mile north, which was named Beaver Bank for being built on the bank of a beaver dam on [[Big Creek (Kansas)]]. By the 1950s, only a sheddepot remained, |
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<ref>{{cite web |website= Kansas Memories |url= |
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https://www.kshs.org/index.php?url=km/items/view/97349 |title= Union Pacific Railroad Company's shed depot, Hogback, Kansas |date= 1954-11-20 |quote= This photograph shows the Union Pacific Railroad Company's shed depot and sign board in Hogback, Kansas. }}</ref> and later even that was removed, leaving only the big railroad sign anouncing "Hogback" through to the 1980s. |
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{{See also|Ellis County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Ellis County, Kansas}} |
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Hog Back, Kansas | |
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Location | |
Coordinates: 38°55′13″N 99°28′51″W / 38.92028°N 99.48083°W[1] | |
Country | United States |
State | Kansas |
County | Ellis |
Elevation | 2,077 ft (633 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 0 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 785 |
FIPS code | 20-32500 [1] |
GNIS ID | 484722 [1] |
Hogback or Hog Back, originally Hog Back Siding, refers to a location in western Ellis County, Kansas[1], 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Ellis, Kansas.
The name was given by the UPRR to a new Kansas Pacific Railway siding constructed at the location in 1907. The name was reused from the 1870s "Hog Back Station" siding another 3 miles (4.8 km) further east. The earlier, scarcely-used siding had become redundant when a siding for the new Yocemento factory and town was installed just a half mile to the east of the first siding. [2]
The name "Hogback" comes from the topographic resemblance to a hog's back of the ridge immediately to the south of this location.[3]
The new Hog Back Siding was located at the farms settled in 1878 by Kepple Disney and his children.[4] These are the grandfather, aunts, and uncles of Walt Disney. It was from here that Walt's father, Elias Disney left for Florida in the 1880s. The Disneys frequented Ellis while that community recognized that the Disneys' home was "at Hogback".[5] After Walt Disney established Disneyland, the family farms there were known locally as "Disneyland, KS".[6]
No town was ever established here. A cattle corral and a grainary were built early on.[7] A school was established a half mile north, which was named Beaver Bank for being built on the bank of a beaver dam on Big Creek (Kansas). By the 1950s, only a sheddepot remained, [8] and later even that was removed, leaving only the big railroad sign anouncing "Hogback" through to the 1980s.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Hog Back, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
- ^ "Normal Notes". The Hays Free Press. Hays, Kansas. February 2, 1907. Retrieved 2018-11-04 – via Newspapers.com.
The Railroad surveyors were busy this week setting the stakes for the new switches at Hogback and Yosemento [sic].
- ^ Rex C. Buchanan; James R. McCauley (1987). Roadside Kansas. University Press of Kansas (Kansas Geological Survey). pp. 96–102. ISBN 978-0-7006-0322-0.
[Between Yocemento [mile 153.0] and Ellis [mile 145.6]; at Interstate 70 Mile Marker 150.0:] A mile south of the highway is a railroad siding named Hogback, which probably got its name from a sharp bluff formed by an outcrop of Fort Hays Limestone along the Big Creek valley. [This source goes on to disambiguate this particular location from structurally similar Mount Oread.]
- ^ Standard Atlas of Ellis County, Kansas. Chicago: Geo. A. Ogle & Co. 1922. Retrieved 2018-11-30. [Thomas Disney was Kepple Disney's brother. North of the siding is the Beaver Bank school where some of the Disneys taught.]
- ^ "Community Notes". The Ellis Review-Headlight: 6. 1925-05-01.
Mrs. Thomas Disney returned to her home at Hogback.
- ^ "Kansas' Disneyland is Preserved in Tradition for Generations to Come". The Hays Daily News: 12. 1962-04-29.
- ^ At Home in Ellis County 1867–1992. Vol. 1. Ellis County Historical Society. 1991. p. 65.
[picture of] Harvey and Lyle Luce at the elevator their father operated at Hog Back.
- ^ "Union Pacific Railroad Company's shed depot, Hogback, Kansas". Kansas Memories. 1954-11-20.
This photograph shows the Union Pacific Railroad Company's shed depot and sign board in Hogback, Kansas.