Soule College was an institution of higher learning in
Dodge City, Kansas
Dodge City is a city in and the county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 27,788. It was named after nearby Fort Dodge, which was named in honor of Grenville Dodge. The city ...
, United States, that operated from 1888 until 1903. The college advertised board for $2 per week and tuition for $24 per year.
Patterson's American education, Volume 2
by Homer L. Patterson, published 1905, American Educational Company (Chicago) pages 73-76
In the late nineteenth century, Asa Titus Soule, a native of Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in and the county seat, seat of government of Monroe County, New York, United States. It is the List of municipalities in New York, fourth-most populous city and 10th most-populated municipality in New York, with a populati ...
, made his fortune and reputation as the "Hop Bitters King" by peddling a patent medicine of Hop Bitters.
Looking for a place to invest his newfound millions, Soule traveled west to Kansas. He initially invested in a scheme to build an irrigation ditch across western Kansas, but soon decided to invest in higher education. In 1886 Soule partially endowed a new Presbyterian college in Dodge City with $50,000, thus giving birth to Soule College.
After the school closed, the property was eventually purchased by St. Mary of the Plains College
St. Mary of the Plains College was a four-year liberal arts college in Dodge City, Kansas, United States that closed in 1992. It was located on the north side of Dodge City, next to Highway 50.
History
Soule College
The roots of St. Mary of ...
, which closed in 1992.
See also
* Gray County War
The Gray County War was a county seat war in Gray County, Kansas
Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the e ...
References
External links
Asa Titus Soule
(1824-1890) on Find a Grave
{{Colleges and universities in Kansas
Universities and colleges established in 1888
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1888 establishments in Kansas
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