Nicholas B. Klaine
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Nicholas B. Klaine was born in Bordentown
, N. J., on February 5, 1839. He came with his parents to Rock Island, Ill., in 1851, where he lived until 1859. He was married in August, 1859, to Miss Julia Kinkaid, a native of Missouri. He then moved to St. Louis, Mo. He enlisted in August 1862, in Company K, Tenth Missouri Cavalry. he was commissioned Second Lieutenant. and commanded his company one year. He participated in all the battles of his command and was mustered out in May, 1864. He went to Warrensburg, Mo., in 1865, and began the publication of the Warrensburg Standard, which he continued for ten years. He served both as City Clerk and City Councilman. He represented Johnson County, Mo., in the State Legislature (1869–1870) and was Supervisor of Registration of Johnson County (1866).
Klaine arrived in Dodge City, Kansas in November, 1877, engaged as a journalist. He became the editor and proprietor of the Dodge City Times, a newspaper established on May 20, 1876. On January 23, 1883, he took charge of the Dodge City post office by appointment. He served as Probate Judge of Ford County, Kan., in 1879-80; City Treasurer of Dodge City in 1882, and also as Constable, City Treasurer and School Director.
In 1886, Klaine built a hotel in Cimarron, Kansas
at an investment of $15,000. With the completion of the first floor of the three-story brick structure, he launched the New West Echo, a Republican newspaper that ceased publication when Klaine left the region in 1902. The newspaper occupied the north half of the first floor of the Hotel. Klaine sold the hotel in 1902 to the Luther family. The hotel still exists and is now called the Cimarron Hotel
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Bordentown, New Jersey
Bordentown City is in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 3,924. Bordentown is located at the confluence of the Delaware River, Blacks Creek and Crosswicks Creek...
, N. J., on February 5, 1839. He came with his parents to Rock Island, Ill., in 1851, where he lived until 1859. He was married in August, 1859, to Miss Julia Kinkaid, a native of Missouri. He then moved to St. Louis, Mo. He enlisted in August 1862, in Company K, Tenth Missouri Cavalry. he was commissioned Second Lieutenant. and commanded his company one year. He participated in all the battles of his command and was mustered out in May, 1864. He went to Warrensburg, Mo., in 1865, and began the publication of the Warrensburg Standard, which he continued for ten years. He served both as City Clerk and City Councilman. He represented Johnson County, Mo., in the State Legislature (1869–1870) and was Supervisor of Registration of Johnson County (1866).
Klaine arrived in Dodge City, Kansas in November, 1877, engaged as a journalist. He became the editor and proprietor of the Dodge City Times, a newspaper established on May 20, 1876. On January 23, 1883, he took charge of the Dodge City post office by appointment. He served as Probate Judge of Ford County, Kan., in 1879-80; City Treasurer of Dodge City in 1882, and also as Constable, City Treasurer and School Director.
In 1886, Klaine built a hotel in Cimarron, Kansas
Cimarron, Kansas
Cimarron is a city in and the county seat of Gray County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,184.-Geography:Cimarron is located at...
at an investment of $15,000. With the completion of the first floor of the three-story brick structure, he launched the New West Echo, a Republican newspaper that ceased publication when Klaine left the region in 1902. The newspaper occupied the north half of the first floor of the Hotel. Klaine sold the hotel in 1902 to the Luther family. The hotel still exists and is now called the Cimarron Hotel
Cimarron Hotel
The Cimarron Hotel is an historic hotel located in Cimarron, a small town located in southwest Kansas. Cimarron, settled in 1878, was a notorious branch point on the historic Sante Fe Trail. At Cimarron, the trail divided, one branch heading southwest, the other following the Arkansas River to...
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