City of Eudora history

Upon graduation in 1871, he began practicing medicine.

A physician and surgeon, Bishoff settled at Eudora’s Keystone area in 1877 and practiced medicine in the Hesper area.

Polk Directory of 1878 listed James Still but not Allen, American, or Summerfield Still.

In 1879, Cutler’s History of the State of Kansas said that the office added a money order service.

Albert Newman joined the list in the 1880 census.

Another Pennsylvania-trained physician was R. S. Hittell, who came to Eudora in 1881 after a short stay in Kansas City.

As to when he started it’s unclear, but W. L. Newlin, who lived north of the Kansas River, said in 1887 that he often slept away from his house to get some sleep and rest.

William Henry Robinson came to Eudora in 1888 and practiced medicine for three more decades.

In August of 1889, the newspaper reported that post office fixtures formerly used in the Lawrence post office were bought and placed in the Eudora office.

Before 1900, the school had a book exchange every Monday from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., and Eudora had a club called the Eudora Library Association that met at Henry Abels’ home.

He left his office above 700 Main Street to practice from home in 1901.

Prairie Center had its post office closed June 1903, and Weaver’s three months later.

The name J. G. Lee, Bonner Springs, appeared in directories around 1909.

On May 1, 1911, another change occurred: George Mertz was sworn in as both marshal and street commissioner.

In 1920, the Mutual Telephone directory listed Doctor Mary M. Miller practicing with Miller, and two years later, the Millers advertised “electric treatments, eyes tested, and glasses fitted” from their location over William Trefz’s plumbing shop.

I.J. Pierson started his practice in 1929, claiming expertise in large animals, small animals, and poultry.

An early Eudora frame school became the Eudora’s first city hall in 1866 and was used for that purpose until it was moved to 731 Maple Street for use as a residence and the present brick structure was built. It can be viewed at the City Hall, which was built in 1955.

The present Eudora post office was built in 1962.

One of the biggest developments of the decade was the establishment of a public library in June 1967 by the Women’s Fellowship of St Paul United Church of Christ.

A February 6, 1968 election established the Eudora Public Library under Kansas State Statute 12-1220.

According to city records, the first new police car purchased by the city was in 1970.

The Eudora City Council meeting June 10, 1974 authorized the issuance of a $65,000 in revenue bonds to acquire a site, construct a 68-bed nursing facility, and equip the facility.

In 1975, Eudora got its first veterinary clinic: Eudora Animal Hospital.

Charley Conger, Hesper, lost four children to a diphtheria epidemic, leaving him with only one child, Evelyn, wrote neighbor Mildred (Davis) Watson in her 1977 account of her parents’ life, Samuel Hunt Davis and Emma Stubbs Davis.

Wendy Jenkins, hired in 1997, was Eudora's first woman police officer.

In 1998, the city council decided to build a wastewater treatment plant with two aerator basins where the lagoons were that ultimately cost $5 million dollars.

The city purchases electricity from Kansas Power & Light but owns its own system, according to the City of Eudora, Kansas Comprehensive Plan prepared by Bucher, Willis, & Ratliff, Kansas City, Missouri, in 2003.