In November 1889 T. D. Wardell moved his hardware business across the street into the ground floor of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I. O. O. F.) hall. People listed left to right: Miss Cynthia Rogers, assistant postmistress; Bert Minnich,…
On July 11, 1871, J. Hout Minnich and John Hufbauer filed a town plat for El Paso in Sedgwick County, Kansas. It established streets from Madison to Kay and from Water Street to Georgie Avenue, and business boomed.