Galatea was located fourteen miles west of Eads and was platted in November 1887. The post office opened December 2, 1887 and closed October 1948. The town had a population of 330 in May 1888. The town included two grocery stores, a blacksmith shop, lumber yard, pool hall, saloon, restaurant, two hotels, livery stable, elevator, barber shop, school, and post office. A weekly newspaper, The Galatea Courier, was published 1888-1890.
The town’s decline began due to a combination of a fire in 1916 and a stock-killing winter in 1918 (Railroads in the Development in Kiowa County). Galatea is only a memory today.
The following photos and information was compiled by Bennie Fischer.
Back row: Clyde Frazee, Bob Forsyth, Earl Anderson, Elmer Mueller, Leo Frazee, Guy Bendorf, Bennie Fischer.
Front row: Bob Conner, Merle Frazee, Vance Lewis, Omer Lewis.
Back row: Herman Borders, Kenneth Dove, Carl Borders, Ethel (Manly) Johnson (teacher), Bessie Artman, Dorthea Fischer.
Front row: Floyd Borders, Woodrow Williams, Eilene Brandon, Bessie Brandon, Esther Fischer.
Back row: Kenneth Dove, Leona Fischer, Edith Forsyth, Dorthea Fischer, Eilene Brandon, Bessie Brandon.
Middle row: Helen Forsyth, Shirley (Howell) Crow, Margie (Howell) Schmitt, Agnes Fischer.
Front row: ?,?,?, Boon Muriett, Leonard Fischer, Winnie (Knowle) Mohler, ?,?,?,?
Back row: Leo Frazee, Charles Boman, Audrey Boman, Jewel Callahan, Ann Wilburn, Darlene Callahan, Leonard Fischer, Raymond Wilburn, Paul Linch.
Middle row: Merle Frazee, Wayne Boman, Arlene Conner, Imogene Callahan, Wilburn, Darlene Walker, Ruth Forsyth, Mildred Forsyth, Clyde Frazee, Kenneth Walker.
Front row: Herman Wilburn, Earl Anderson, Bob Forsyth, Dale Callahan, Bennie Fischer.
Back row: Bob Forsyth, Bennie Fischer, Merle Frazee, Earl Anderson, Bill Newman, Elmer Muller, Omer Lewis, Vance Lewis, Clyde Frazee.
Middle row: Marteal Bickel, Mildred Forsyth, Arlene Conner, Ruth Forsyth; Teachers: Eunice Nelson Mansker and Belva (McDaniel) Berry; students, Mildred Chriswell, Vera Lewis, Carol Conner, Avis Lewis.
Third row: Bob Conner, Arther Chriswell, Wallie Forsyth, George Muller, Gene Forsyth, Stanley Chriswell.
Bottom row: Sunny Mosher, Rex Lewis.
Back row: Paul Linch, Jewell Callahan, Annie Wilburn, Darlene Callahan, Leonard Fischer, Raymond Wilburn, Leo Frazee, Herman Wilburn.
Middle row: Ruth Forsyth, Betty Walker, Mildred Forsyth, Imogene Callahan; teachers, Ruth Switzer, Francis Fingado, Darlene Walker, Miller, Arlene Conner, Millie.
Front row: Merle Frazee, Earl Anderson, Bennie Fischer, Bob Conner, Bob Forsyth, Kenneth Walker, Clyde Frazee, Dale Callahan.
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