Editing Scott City, Kansas (section)

==History==

===Early history===
{{See also|History of Kansas}}
For [[millennia]], the [[Great Plains]] of [[North America]] were inhabited by [[nomadic]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]].  From the 16th to 18th centuries, the [[Kingdom of France]] claimed ownership of large parts of [[North America]].  In 1762, after the [[French and Indian War]], France secretly ceded [[New France]] to [[Spain]], by the [[Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)|Treaty of Fontainebleau]].

===19th century===
In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France, keeping title to about 7,500 square miles. In 1803, most of the land for [[History of Kansas|modern day Kansas]] was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile [[Louisiana Purchase]]. In 1854, the [[Kansas Territory]] was organized under the provisions of the [[Kansas–Nebraska Act]], then in 1861 [[Kansas]] became the 34th [[U.S. state]]. In 1873, [[Scott County, Kansas|Scott County]] was established, which included the land for modern day Scott City.

'''Scott City''' was founded in 1885.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ |title=Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society |publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant |author=Kansas State Historical Society |year=1916 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ/page/n390 283]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC |title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2 |publisher=Standard Publishing Company |author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson |year=1912 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC/page/n638 654]}}</ref> Like Scott County, the city is named in recognition of a United States General, [[Winfield Scott]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=5011 |title=Profile for Scott City, Kansas |publisher=[[ePodunk]] |accessdate=23 June 2014}}</ref> In October 1884, two women from Chicago, Illinois claimed the land that Scott City is on and built a cabin. The following February, two men from Chicago came to the cabin and settled. Soon after, many people started arriving in the county and Scott City was then founded in 1885. Before being founded, Mrs. M.E. De Geer, one of the women that came from Chicago, started a newspaper called the ''Western Times'' in March 1885. The county then started to fill rapidly.

Scott County was legally instituted in 1873 by an act of legislature. At this time it was named in honor of General Winfield Scott. Since it was such a small town with a small population, there was no need for a local government. Therefore, it was connected to Ford County for judicial matters.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Early History of Scott County|url = http://www.scottcity.net/info/history.html|website = www.scottcity.net|access-date = 2016-02-20}}</ref>