Wymore is situated a mile and a half south of Blue Springs, at the junction

of Indian Creek with the Big Blue; and also at the junction of the Beatrice

Branch of the Burlington & Missouri Railroad.

South of and adjoining the town plat is the celebrated Otoe Reservation,

ceded by the Indians to the General Government.   Flanking the town on the

east is the Big Blue, and on the south, Indian Creek.

The town was platted and recorded on the 21st of May, 1881, and in June,

nine months ago, building operations on a rapid scale began. It now has a

population of about seventeen hundred, and before the end of the year,

will very likely have two thousand.

   The railroad company, owning the undivided half of several hundred acres,

and many hundred town lots, is doing all in its power to add to the growth

and prosperity of the town, thereby to enhance the value of its property here.

They have made it the end of a division, and have erected a round-house of

sixteen stalls, to which they soon expect to add eight or ten more, and will

erect machine shops and employ at this point about one hundred and

twenty-five hands.

The company own the quarries, and have constructed side-tracks along the

south bank of the creek, convenient to them. They are to contribute several

thousand dollars to the erection of an iron bridge across the Blue, in order

that they can secure their portion of the trade from the East, which would

otherwise go to Blue Springs. The rivalry between these two places is very

manifest; each tries to secure advantage over the other.

Their neighbor deprived them of immediate school privileges, yet not

altogether without cause. A school building has been erected on the

faith that the future district will take it and reimburse those who advanced

the money.

A church society has been organized, and the School Trustees are to

erect a church building, which, for the present, will be used for school

purposes, and be open to all religious denominations, but will ultimately

pass into the hands of the Christian denomination, and be known as the

First Christian Church and society of Wymore.

There are two papers, the principal one being the Wymorian, published

by the Wymorian Publishing Company, and is a very creditable paper. The

Wymore Reporter, although something of a county paper, is mainly devoted

to the real estate business, in which one of its editors, C. M. Murdock, is

engaged.  Murdock & Walker are the editors and proprietors.

The town has made remarkable growth, and will doubtless become as

flourishing as its neighbor. Its citizens are very hopeful, and exceedingly

ambitious. That they expect their place to become the county seat they

make no effort to conceal, and the change is not improbable, should the

county ever be divided.

We were even shown the square reserved for a court house. Like Beatrice

and Blue Springs, it is surrounded by a fertile agricultural district.