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- Brewster spent most of his remaining days in Kansas, but died in Shawnee, Oklahoma in 1911, where he is buried in Fairview Cemetery.
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Brewster spent most of his remaining days in Kansas, but died in Shawnee, Oklahoma in 1911, where he is buried in Fairview Cemetery.
Dr. Brewster M. Higley VI, originally of Rutland, Ohio, was an otolaryngologist who moved from Indiana to Smith County in 1871 under the Homestead Act. at first Higley lived in a one-room dugout on his homestead 14 miles northwest of Smith Center, where he soon became a county officer.
In 1871 Dr. Brewster M. Higley VI, an otolaryngologist, acquired land under the Homestead Act and moved from Indiana to Smith County, Kansas. From his small cabin along West Beaver Creek, he wrote a poem celebrating his new home and surroundings.
Brewster M. Higley (also spelled Highley) of Smith County, Kansas, wrote the lyrics as the poem "My Western Home" in 1872 or 1873, with at least one source indicating it was written as early as 1871. On June 30, 1947, "Home on the Range" became the Kansas state song.
Feb 1, 2023 · It was written by otolaryngologist Dr. Brewster M. Higley in the early 1870s after he had moved from Indiana to Smith County, Kansas. He was inspired by his new surroundings and penned an ode...
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Oct 26, 2023 · Author's Grave in Fairview Cemetery. Photographed By Rhonda Vanlandingham, October 26, 2023. 1. Home on the Range Marker. Inscription. Dr. Brewster Higley (b. 1822) of Indiana wrote this song when he lived in Kansas. The words were printed in a local paper (1873) and became a favorite song along the cattle trails.
Sep 29, 2020 · Dr. Brewster M. Higley had some troubles when he homesteaded in north central Kansas in 1872. There was “a little problem with the bottle,” and he’d already gone through four wives. But he had no trouble voicing the nirvana he found on his farm along West Beaver Creek in Smith County.
