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Crawford County, Kansas |
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Founded
in 1874 by the members of a Methodist Episcopal Church
from Illinois, who were lookiing for a location to establish
a colony for members of their church. The name Beulah
is the biblical term for "Holy Land". The
postoffice was opened on December 31, 1874 and closed
March 15, 1955. |
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More About Beulah
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| "This town is located on
the Kansas City, Fort Scott
& Gulf Railroad, five miles south of Girard. It was started
in 1874 by a colony of Methodists, composed in part, of
the following members: Thomas Crowder, Henry Brown, H. T.
Potter, C. A. King, R. G. Hermance, J. S. Schofield and
B. F. King. At that time there was but one small house in
the vicinity. By the first of January there was a population
of 200. The Methodist Episcopal congregation erected a church
edifice in 1881. It is a handsome structure, 30x50 feet
in size, and cost about $2,000. Besides the church there
is a good school and a number of good business houses. Beulah
now contains a population of 300." - History
of the State of Kansas, William G. Cutler, 1883 by
A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL |
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| "Beulah is located on the
main line of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad,
about five miles south of Girard. This road is now operated
by the Frisco. In the year 1874 some members of the Methodist
Episcopal church formed a company for the purpose of establishing
a colony, to be composed exclusively of Methodists. Among
those who entered heartily into the scheme, were Rev. D.
P. Mitchell, C. S. Jennis and Thomas J. Crowder, also C.
A. King, H. T. Potter, Henry Brown, J. S. Schofield, R. G.
Hermance and many others. Some of these lived in Iowa, some
in Illinois, while others lived as far east as Pennsylvania.
A committee was chosen to select a site for the company.
After much travel, and examination of various locations,
the lands in the vicinity of Beulah were chosen, and the
members began moving to the new country, and by the close
of the year two hundred persons were living in the village.
Time has proved the good judgment of the committee who selected
the lands. They are rich, of black, deep soil, slightly rolling,
and make the very best of farms. As might have been expected
the first enterprise was the erecting of a schoolhouse, and
then a church. Both were large and commodious, but have been
added to from time to time as necessity required. Beulah
has not grown to be a big city, but as a village of good
moral homes she has no superior in the county. A large number
of her promoters have joined the great majority, but a few
still live to enjoy the fruits of their labors." - A
Twentiety Century History and Biographical Record of Crawford
County, KS, Home Authors, 1905 by Lewis Publishing Company,
Chicago, IL |
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| "A village in Sheridan township,
Crawford county, is a station on the St Louis & San Francisco
RR 5 miles south of Girard, the county seat. It has a money
order post office, express and telegraph service, a good
local trade, and in 1910 reported a population of 100." - Kansas
- A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions,
Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Person, Etc.,
Frank W. Blackmar, editor, copyright 1912. |
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| Map of Beulah, "The Official
State Atlas of Kansas," L. H. Everts & Co., Philadelphia,
PA, 1887 |
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