Editing Enterprise, Kansas (section)

==History==
The first settlement at Enterprise was in 1868, and Enterprise was laid out in 1872.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o8X5krq3fP8C&pg=PA594 | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=594}}</ref> It was named for the enterprising qualities of the pioneer settlers.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ODXKhgH3e6AC&pg=PA40 | title=Exploring Kansas Highways | author=Heim, Michael | year=2007 | pages=40}}</ref>

The first post office in Enterprise was established in January 1873.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:DK |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |access-date=8 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909023757/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3ADK |archive-date=September 9, 2013 }}</ref>

On January 10, 1883, the Enterprise Town Company, with capital of $50,000, was organized. The following officers were elected: V. P. Wilson, president; John Johntz, vice-president; C. Hoffman, treasurer; T. C. Henry, secretary.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kansasnewspapers.org/article.php?id=1221 |title=''Abilene Chronicle'' January 16, 1873. Abilene, Kansas |access-date=November 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426002146/http://www.kansasnewspapers.org/article.php?id=1221 |archive-date=April 26, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1867, the Kansas Pacific Railroad reached Dickinson County, and the KP built a spur to connect Enterprise with the mainline at [[Detroit, Kansas|Detroit]], three miles away. In 1886, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad built a tertiary line through Enterprise to connect the Rock Island's main line at Herington to the grain elevators and flour mills in Salina. Today, that track is still in use, owned by the Abilene and Smoky Valley, a heritage railroad that runs excursion trains between Abilene and Enterprise. In 1887, [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] built a branch line from [[Neva, Kansas|Neva]] (three miles west of [[Strong City, Kansas|Strong City]]) through Enterprise to [[Superior, Nebraska]].  In 1996, the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] merged with [[Burlington Northern Railroad]] and renamed to the current [[BNSF Railway]].  Most locals still refer to this railroad as the "Santa Fe".

On January 23, 1901, [[temperance movement]] leader [[Carrie Nation]] and her followers wrecked a saloon in Enterprise.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kansassampler.org/8wonders/peopleresults.php?id=312 |title=Carry A. Nation; kansassampler.org |access-date=February 25, 2014 |archive-date=March 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325203940/http://www.kansassampler.org/8wonders/peopleresults.php?id=312 |url-status=dead }}</ref>