1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ATCHISON, a city and the county-seat of Atchison county. Kansas, U.S.A., on the west bank of the Missouri river, which is navigable at this point but is utilized comparatively little for commerce. Pop. (1800) 13,963; (1900) 15,722, of whom 2308 were of negro descent and 1308 were foreign-born; (1910) 16,429. Atchison is served by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa ft, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, and the Missouri Pacific railways. The city is the seat of Midland College (Lutheran,…
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