Small Towns of Cole and Kaiser

Inside The Researcher are articles about the residents in and around the small towns of Cole and Kaiser. The articles about Kaiser were taken from the Clay City newspapers of 1933-1940. The articles about Cole were written 1933, 1935, and 1940. If you have any information about either of the areas referred to as Kaiser and Cole, please contact Pat WILKINSON at the Library. The Cole articles were written by Miss Rosellen LIECHTY; the Kaiser articles were written by Miss Ester SHIDLER.

Some of the surnames mentioned in the Kaiser articles are SHIDLER, Harris, NUCKOLLS, FERRY, SPARKS, HOSTETLER, TAPY, MCCOULLOUH, Neal, STAGGS, and JOHNSON. Some of the surnames mentioned in the Cole articles are MEGENHARDT, HYATT, LIECHTY, SCHIELE, FUNK, COOPERIDER, HICKS, RHODES, FRANCIS, and ZURCHER.

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