RBC | Doctors could be adventurers too. The 1883 incorporation papers of the Meeker Townsite company include “E. P. Lecompte” as a member. I was able to track him down as Dr. Edward Palmer LeCompte. He lived in the White River Valley several years but didn’t stick around to become active in the formation of Meeker as a community.
Edward’s father was Samuel Dexter LeCompte, appointed the first Chief Justice of the Kansas Territory. Samuel…