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The
cemetery in Foard City
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2008 |
History in a Pecan
Shell
Foard City was designated a stop on the Kansas City, Mexico
and Orient Railroad in 1908. The town had just been granted a post office the
previous year. People relocating from the nearby hamlet of Harrisonville made
up a sizeable portion of the new population. One F. R. Lefevre donated land for
school and cemetery in 1910 and Harrisonville’s tiny school was placed on the
donated plot.
The community closed its schools in 1939 and the post office
closed in the mid 1950s along with the town’s only business. Many Foard Citizens
moved to the more prosperous county seat – less
than 10 miles away, leaving a mere handful of residents. The population has been
estimated at 10 since the 1980 Census.
A
Visit to Foard CityPhotographer's
Note
The only structure in Foard City is this collapsed church. The
unamed, hidden and totally untended cemetery is about 1/2 mile to the northwest.
- Barclay
Gibson |
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Gibson, December 2008 | |
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