Daniel L. Cheatum - Kingman, KS
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N 37° 36.506 W 099° 16.526
14S E 475689 N 4162406
Funding for historic marker used as memorial for a friend
Waymark Code: WMP1CR
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 06/09/2015
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County of memorial: Kiowa County
Location of memorial: US 54/400 & N. Ohio Ave., roadside park, Greensburg
Memorial text:
Partial Funding
for this
Historical Marker
Provided
In Memory of
Daniel L. Cheatum
Kingman, KS
His listing on Find=A=Grave
Text of Historical Marker funded in Daniel's name:
Flamboyant and colorful, Donald R. "Cannonball" Green (1839-1922) ran a stage line connecting the railroad to towns across southwestern Kansas. Green started his first stage service in Kingman in 1876. It ran through Pratt to Coldwater and later to Greensburg, a town he helped found in 1886.
Green's stage line served areas not reached by the railroad, and for a few years carried the mail from Wichita to Kingman. Known for their speed, Green's coaches were pulled by teams of six or eight horses which were changed every eight to ten miles. More than a driver, Green was an advisor and teacher, sharing with passengers his knowledge of southwestern Kansas and the prairie landscape.
As the railroads advanced, Green moved his stage service west but stage demand soon dwindled. In 1898 he took a claim in Oklahoma Territory when the Cherokee Strip opened. Although Green also served in the Kansas legislature, he was best known for his stage route between Kingman and Greensburg, the Cannonball Highway, which became U.S. Highway 54.
Green died in Long Beach, California and is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Wichita.