Olsburg Explorations
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1903 TornadoAddress:
317 2nd Street
Email Address: cityclerkofolsburg@hotmail.com About this Exploration:
In 1903 there was a tornado east of Olsburg. It destroyed one house, which
was located in an area known at the time as "Four Corners". The
family that lived there in 1903 had just recently completed building a new home
and were planning to tear down their old one. When the tornado struck, it
destroyed the new house completely and tore the old one apart. The
section of the old house that was torn off the main part had been moved onto
the property from an adjoining farm several years earlier. According to
their hired hand, Will Sweany, the tornado also picked up their white horse and
carried him some distance. The tornado carried the barn east of its
foundation. Near where the barn was, the family had a spring that had
been developed to feed two spring tanks. This spring was part of the
headwater for McIntyre Creek. One of the other interesting tidbits was
that the tornado destroyed the family's new surrey and deposited a garbage
pail, or slop bucket (as they were commonly called at the time) inside the
surrey. The wife, who was a very neat and tidy housekeeper, was appalled
to find it there! |
City of Olsburg - Jackie Cassel, City Clerk
PO Box 127 317 2nd Street
Olsburg, KS 66520 Phone: 785.468.3209 |