The New Student's Reference Work/Atchison

Atch'ison, a city of Kansas, on the left bank of the Missouri River, 333 miles above St. Louis. It is an important railway center, nine distinct lines converging there. The city has flour mills, an iron foundry, and machine, furniture, carriage and wagon shops. St. Benedict College, St. Scholastica's Academy (R. C.), the Midland College (Lutheran), the Atchison Latin School, and excellent public and parish schools are in the city. Besides, there are an orphans' home, an insane asylum, a hospital and three parks. The city has grown rapidly. Its population is 16,429.