Emporia Presbyterian Manor
JULY 2021
History of the Hamner Elevator By Resident Lorraine Lowrey Morton
My father, John Lowrey, grew up on a wheat farm near Argonia, Kan. They took their wheat to the Hamner Elevator where my mother, Helen Callison, was the bookkeeper for her father.
Long-term care insurance benefits to be focus of free virtual event It might be hard to imagine, but chances are you’ll need some form of help taking care of yourself later in life. As the costs of receiving care continue to increase, it’s important to account for this possibility in any long-term financial plan.
The Hamner Elevator in 1938
From the first, wheat and cattle were brought to Hamner to be shipped out by rail. Henry Callison moved to the farm just east of Hamner in 1910. Since he had scales, farmers would weigh their wagon loads of wheat there, and then it would be scooped into the train cars. It was in April 1927 that W. A. Titus purchased lots and the Kansas Milling Co. of Wichita built an elevator. Henry Callison ran the elevator with the help of his daughters, Ruth, Ora, and Helen, who worked in the office for many years. He retired and moved to Winfield in 1943. Hamner burned down in 1947 and the elevator office and scales were soon sold. The Orient Railroad was sold to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, who owned this branch line until the tracks were taken up from Viola to Harper in the late 1960’s. When the Hamner whistle signs were removed, Hamner was no more.
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