Gerlane, Kansas article from November 1942

The Hutchinson News

Me d i c i n e Lodge—Because the
only r a i l r o a d t h r o u g h Gerlane is
b e i n g torn up, and the elevator
t h e r e will be left ten miles from
t h e n e a r e s t r a i l w a y , the F a n n e rs
C o o p e r a t i v e G r a i n Co., to Gerlane,
is being dissolved.
For 25 y e a r s this grain com-
9 " r o a n y has o p e r a t e d a l a r g e eleva-
^^\\0T, owned by f a r m e r s ot the,
c o m m u n i t y , Tho b r a n c h ot Ihe
S a n t a Fe t h r o u g h Gerlane has
b e e n a b a n d o n e d now. The comp
a n y has called for bids on the
e l e v a t o r .
G e r l a n e is on the Santa Fe
b r a n c h between Medicine Lodge
a n d Kiowa, ten miles from here
in southeast B a r b e r county. The
l a s t census listed ten inhabitants