Ranch Work Horses for Sale near Russell, KS

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BARREL HORSE PROSPECT Extremely fast. Hate to get rid of him, but have to..
Ellsworth, Kansas
Sorrel
Quarter Horse
Stallion
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Ellsworth, KS
KS
$1,500
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About Russell, KS

In 1865, the Butterfield Overland Despatch established a short-lived station named Fossil Creek Station along its route from Atchison, Kansas to Denver near the site of modern Russell. In 1867, the Kansas Pacific Railway reached the area and built its own station, also named Fossil Creek, later just Fossil, north of the Butterfield station. That same year, the Kansas Legislature established the surrounding area as Russell County. In 1871, colonists from Ripon, Wisconsin established a permanent settlement at Fossil Station, renaming it Russell after the county. Russell was incorporated and named the provisional county seat in 1872, and, after a two-year dispute with neighboring Bunker Hill, it became the permanent county seat in 1874.