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TO THE MEMORY OF
GEORGE GRANT
1822 ––– 1878
FOUNDER OF THE BRITISH COLONY
VICTORIA, KANSAS
THE FIRST ABERDEEN ANGUS CATTLE IMPORTED
INTO THE UNITED STATES WERE BROUGHT TO
THIS LOCALITY BY MR. GRANT ON MAY 17, 1873.
HIS FAITH IN THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE
AND STOCK RAISING IN WESTERN KANSAS,
EVIDENCED BY THE PURCHASE OF NEARLY
100,000 ACRES FROM THE KANSAS PACIFIC
RAILROAD, HELPED PROMOTE THE EARLY
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS REGION.
––– ERECTED BY –––
AMERICAN-ABERDEEN ANGUS BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
KANSAS ABERDEEN ANGUS BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
KANSAS LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION
KANSAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
KANSAS STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
GRANT DESCENDANTS, PHILIP FAMILY AND
PUBLIC SPIRITED CITIZENS OF ELLIS COUNTY
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