KINNEY

NAME: Kinney COUNTY: Gage ROADS: 4WD GRID: 4 CLIMATE: snow in winter, hot, buggy in summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: anytime, nothing to see

COMMENTS: About 8 miles East of Wymore. At the base of Kinney hill, go south 1/4 mile. Sat just North of the Bluff at turn in the road. REMAINS: nothing

Kinney was named after Judge Kinney who's daughter was Beatrice, for whom the town of Beatrice is named.It was a railroad stop and a rough town. In the 1930's there was a shootout with various law officers and several "public enemy" figures were killed. Money said to be in their pocession from a recent bank robery was never fully recovered. Submitted by: Don Mittan

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