Spotted Saddle Horses for Sale near WaKeeney, KS

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Spotted Saddle Mare
Black and White paint mare. . . . intermediate rider needed. . . possibil..
Utica, Kansas
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Spotted Saddle
Mare
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Utica, KS
KS
$1,300
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About WaKeeney, KS

James Keeney, a land speculator in Chicago, purchased land at the site of modern-day WaKeeney from the Kansas Pacific Railway in 1877. He and business partner Albert Warren formed Warren, Keeney, & Co., surveyed and plotted the site in 1878, and established a colony there in 1879. They named the colony WaKeeney, a portmanteau of their surnames, and billed it as "The Queen City of the High Plains", advertising and holding celebrations to attract settlers. The colony grew rapidly, but crop failures drove settlers to leave in 1880 as quickly as they had come. By 1882, all that was left were "five poorly patronized retail stores".