SUMNER

NAME: Sumner
COUNTY: Atchison
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 3
CLIMATE: Snow in Winter/Very hot summers
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter
COMMENTS: Look for the remains of the Hollister Hotel. It's a large stone basement.
REMAINS: Hollister Hotel basement and several other foundation holes in area. Also see the levy that was built in 1856.
Built in 1856 with a high population of 2000. It was a steamboat stop just North of Fort Leavenworth. The Railroad bypassed the town in the mid 1860's, so people started moving to Atchison, Kansas where the rail-line built. Submitted by: James Lee

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