In the wake of the Dust Bowl the United States Geological Survey together with the State Geological Survey of Kansas undertook an investigation of ground-water in Morton County, Kansas. At the end of the study1 is an acknowledgement to Jake Kilbourne for providing data on wells drilled by him in Morton County.
In 1906 Lewis Joseph “Jake” Kilbourn (1879-1947), (Jayme’s great-grandfather) homesteaded 160 acres in Stevens County close to the border of Morton County. He ran cattle and drilled wells as a sideline. About 1922 “Jake and his family moved to Hugoton and after that devoted much of his time to drilling water wells in the Hugoton Gas field”2.
1. Morton County Geohydrology Kansas Geological Survey
Accessed 16 Aug 2013 http://www.kgs.ku.edu/General/Geology/Morton/03_intro.html
2. "Jake Kilbourn Passes Following Long Illness." Hugoton Hermes, Nov 7, 1947.
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| In the foreground Jake Kilbourn and Clara Bell Kilbourn |
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