Kansas Counties
Labette County, Kansas
| Date Established: | February 26, 1867 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| County Seat: | Oswego | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Origin of Name: | Tradition asserts that the name is from the French words la bête, meaning 'the beast.'; the story goes that Labette Creek, the second largest stream in the county, was named by a group of French trappers after an encounter with a skunk; the county then took its name from the creek. Other sources, however, state the stream and the county are named for Pierre Bete [also spelled Baete or Beatte], a French-Canadian trapper and trader who married into the Osage tribe and lived along the Neosho River in the 1830s and 40s. Pierre Bete served as a guide for Washington Irving during the author's tour across the prairie in 1832. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Post offices in Labette County Cemeteries in Labette County, As of 1906 Newspapers Available on Microfilm Townships and Independent Cities in Labette County Bibliography Kansas Memory |
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| Links to Other Sites: |
Labette County GenWeb Early Kansas Maps [KanColl] |
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