‘Real Resort’ in Barton Co.

‘Real Resort’ in Barton Co.

The area newspapers of the 1920s referred to a “Real Resort” in Barton County, a place with lush greenery of trees, shrubs, and grass and the bright blue of the lake that would eventually become Lake Barton. The April 17, 1922, edition of the Great Bend Tribune first hinted at the Missouri Pacific Railroad purchasing property three miles south of Hoisington to build a 90-acre reservoir. Land was purchased from F. J. Haberman and Rudolph Steuri. …