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Canadian and the Abraham generosity
Canadian, sometimes called the “Oasis of the High Plains,” is located on U.S. Highways 83 and 60 in Western Hemphill County. The town has been the county seat since the founding in 1876 and the county organization in 1887. The county is named for John Hemphill, a judge and confederate congressman. The Southern Kansas Railway Company laid tracks in Hemphill County in 1887 and encouraged sett...