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CFSEK awards grant for Cato historical site
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Cato Historical Preservations Association was presented with a grant from Community Foundations of Southeast Kansas on Wednesday. Those present for the occasion were (back row, left to right) Nathan Garrett, Devin Gorman, Kara Mishmash, Robert Magginetti, Anna Swank, Shirley Hensley, and Mary Portwood and (front row, l to r): Linda Grilz, Marilyn Flagg, Jerry Lomshek, and Diane James - photo by Courtesy / Matthew Buck, Cf-Sek
CATO, Kan. — Members from the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas journeyed to Cato, Kansas, on Wednesday, August 6, to present grant money to the Cato Historical Preservations Association (CHPA) to be used for supplies and three directional wooden signs with arrows pointed toward  Cato, made by Chad Cliffman of rural Ft. Scott. Cato is the oldest town in Crawford County. First established in 1854, the town was originally in Bourbon County until Crawford County was formed in 1867 from the southern end of Bourbon and northern end of Cherokee Counties.