Cherry Picker
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I was told a while back that my Nephew's father-in-law owns the land where an old town used to be. Finally did some research and found it was a boom town from the 1880s to 1940s when the post office was shut down. Got on my google earth and found the spot. Also looks like a nice small lake nearby that I'll bet was used as a swimming hole.
All this time in the heart of boom town Kansas and I have never hunted a ghost town.
While at the height of prosperity, Mertilla contained a hotel, livery barn, blacksmith shop and drug store. In addition, a weekly newspaper, “The Mertilla Times” was published by H. L. Bishop. The following appeared in the newspaper on April3, 1886. "Mertilla was located 35 miles southwest from Cimarron City at the crossing of the West Plains, Cimarron, Meade Center and Garden City roads on the Wild Horse flats, within one mile of the famous Wild Horse Lake.
All this time in the heart of boom town Kansas and I have never hunted a ghost town.