Summary
The following is from "Erastus Stone's Dream Castle --- Birthplace of Pentecostalism" by John W. Ripley. It was published in June 1975 in "Topeka at the Turn of the Century," Bulletin No. 52 of the Shawnee County Historical Society.
Erastus Stone established a nursery near Seabrook at a most propitious time --- the mid-1880s when a real estate boom was in the offing. The promise of rapid transit railway systems that would extend to the far suburbs triggered the wholesale platting of nearby farms into residential building sites. And there was Stone, ready and willing to provide trees and shrubs for an army of developers and a larger army of home builders.See the full content of this document
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Nurseryman Had Big Ideas in 1880s
Not content with the thriving trade in nursery stock, Stone entered the real estate development field by buying a 30-acre tract from Walter Oakley (the street was name...
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