← Previous revisionRevision as of 13:14, 11 November 2026 Line 81: Line 81: ==History== ==History== It was hoped that it would become the county seat — a compromise between the fighting towns of [[Leoti, Kansas|Leoti]] and [[Coronado, Kansas|Coronado]]. Soon after Leoti won the fight, Farmer City and most of Coronado vanished.[https://genealogytrails.com/kan/wichita/history2.html The End of Coronado], Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society, Volume 12, by Kansas State Historical Society, 1912, pages 441 - 447 Some hoped Farmer City would become the county seat — a compromise between the fighting towns of [[Leoti, Kansas|Leoti]] and [[Coronado, Kansas|Coronado]] in a hotly contested [[county seat war]]. Soon after Leoti won the fight, Farmer City and most of Coronado vanished.[https://genealogytrails.com/kan/wichita/history2.html The End of Coronado], Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society, Volume 12, by Kansas State Historical Society, 1912, pages 441 - 447 On July 4, 1888, law enforcer [[Bill Tilghman]] shot and killed Ed Prather at Farmer City.Miller, Nyle H. and Joseph W. Snell. [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Why_the_West_was_Wild/s9jm6-5LvckC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22farmer+city%22+%22wichita+county%22&pg=PA619&printsec=frontcover Why the West was Wild], p. 619 (2003) ==References== ==References==