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42-500: Smith County is the name of four counties in the United States: Smith County, Kansas Smith County, Mississippi Smith County, Tennessee Smith County, Texas See also [ edit ] Smyth County, Virginia [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with

84-543: A docudrama was released that told the story of the song's origins and the lawsuit from the 1930s that finally concluded the authorship of the song. The film was produced by the People's Heartland Foundation and Lone Chimney Films and featured actors Buck Taylor , Rance Howard , Darby Hinton , and the voice of the Kansas City Chiefs , Mitch Holthus . The film also included music contributed by Kansas , Sons of

126-489: A Good Man, Charlie Brown (sung by the cast as a glee club rehearsal number), the 1980 film Where the Buffalo Roam (sung by Neil Young over the opening credits), the 2009 film The Messenger (sung by Willie Nelson over the closing credits), and the 1946 western film Colorado Serenade (sung by actor Roscoe Ates ). Actor Harry Dean Stanton (as the angel "Gideon") sings an excerpt from his mid-tree perch in

168-480: A female householder with no husband present, and 32.30% were non-families. 30.20% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.78. In the county, the population was spread out, with 21.70% under the age of 18, 4.70% from 18 to 24, 22.10% from 25 to 44, 23.60% from 45 to 64, and 27.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

210-581: A few months, Moanfeldt determined Higley had written the poem behind "Home on the Range", and set to music by Kelley. It seemed likely that cowboys on the Chisholm Trail played a role in making the song known throughout several states. Bing Crosby recorded the song again in 1938 and 1939. Frank Sinatra also recorded the song on March 10, 1946, and his version was released in Great Britain but

252-588: A home where the Buffalo roam, Where the Deer and the Antelope play; Where never is heard a discouraging word, And the sky is not clouded all day. [ Chorus ] A home! A home! Where the Deer and the Antelope play, Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, And the sky is not clouded all day Oh! give me land where the bright diamond sand. Throws its light from the glittering streams, Where glideth along

294-435: A home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play, Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day. Home, home on the range, Where the deer and the antelope play; Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day. Where the air is so pure, the zephyrs so free, The breezes so balmy and light, That I would not exchange my home on

336-615: A nearly identical poem credited to a Mrs. Emma Race of Raceburgh, KS. The Kirwin Chief , which had published the poem Mar. 26, 1874, reprinted the poem below the article. When Samuel Moanfeldt investigated the history of "Home on the Range" on behalf of the Music Publishers Protection Association in response to the Goodwins' 1934 lawsuit, he found another, similar song, "Colorado Home". However, within

378-463: A number of names, the most common being "Home on the Range" and "Western Home". It was officially adopted as the state song of Kansas on June 30, 1947, and is commonly regarded as the unofficial anthem of the American West. On September 27, 1933, Bing Crosby recorded "Home on the Range" with Lennie Hayton and his orchestra for Brunswick Records . At the time, the origins of "Home on

420-532: A portion in the fourth episode of the second season. Vikingarna recorded an instrumental version of the song on the 1981 album Kramgoa låtar 9 , entitled "Home on the Ranch". An instrumental version of the song was used in the 2011 video game, Rage . In 2016, the American progressive rock band Kansas released a version of the song as a bonus track on their album The Prelude Implicit . In 2017,

462-503: Is U.S. Highway 281 , which intersects US-36 in Smith Center. Kansas state highways K-8 , K-9 and K-180 serve other areas of the county. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,536 people, 1,953 households, and 1,322 families residing in the county. The population density was 5 people per square mile (1.9 people/km ). There were 2,326 housing units at an average density of 3 per square mile (1.2/km ). The racial makeup of

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504-472: Is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas . Its county seat is Smith Center . As of the 2020 census , the population was 3,570. The county is named in memory of J. Nelson Smith, a major in the 2nd Colorado Cavalry , killed at the Battle of Westport on October 21, 1864. The geographic center of the contiguous United States is located within the county, near Lebanon . For many millennia ,

546-414: Is also the theme opening music for the early Western films starring Ray "Crash" Corrigan and his two co-stars in their movie roles as "The Three Mesqueteers". It is also featured in the 1937 screwball comedy The Awful Truth (sung by Irene Dunne and Ralph Bellamy ), the 1948 film Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (sung by both Cary Grant and Myrna Loy ), the 1967 off-Broadway musical You're

588-482: Is overwhelmingly Republican. No Democratic presidential candidate has won Smith County since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. Since 1940 the only Democrat to win forty percent of the county's vote has been Lyndon Johnson during his 1964 landslide, and the last to pass thirty percent was Michael Dukakis during the drought -affected 1988 election Following amendment to the Kansas Constitution in 1986,

630-663: The Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans . From the 16th century to 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America . In 1762, after the French and Indian War , France secretly ceded New France to Spain , per the Treaty of Fontainebleau . In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France, but keeping title to about 7,500 square miles. In 1803, most of

672-487: The poverty line , including 12.80% of those under age 18 and 9.50% of those age 65 or over. The population distribution by township is as follows according to the 2000 census: Banner 54; Beaver 60; Blaine 60; Cedar 619; Center 2,094; Cora 38; Crystal Plains 40; Dor 46; Garfield 33; German 34; Harlan 100; Harvey 130; Houston 206; Lane 134; Lincoln 73; Logan 47; Martin 24; Oak 399; Pawnee 35; Pleasant 34; Swan 42; Valley 75; Washington 63; Webster 47; White Rock 49. Smith County

714-481: The 1985 film One Magic Christmas . A parody version is sung by villain Percival McLeach in the 1990 animated film The Rescuers Down Under . The song has made its way into screen shorts for children and adults, as in the 1954 Looney Tunes cartoon Claws for Alarm , where it is sung by Porky Pig . Likewise, Bugs Bunny sings the song in both The Fair-Haired Hare (1951) and Oily Hare (1952),

756-474: The 48 contiguous states is located within the county, near the city of Lebanon . The geographic center of North America is located in neighboring Osborne County . The Solomon River runs through the southern part of the county and provides a flat basin and water for irrigated crops. There are two major highways serving the county. The main east–west route is U.S. Highway 36 , which travels through Athol, Kensington, and Smith Center. The main north–south route

798-557: The Pioneers , Michael Martin Murphey , and others. The film was directed by Ken Spurgeon and aired on regional PBS stations. See Mecham (1949) for a discussion of differences in lyrics amongst sources as well as definitions of terms. "Oh, Give Me a Home on The Range" Poem by Dr. Brewster Higley Smith County Pioneer , 1873 / 1914 "Western Home" Poem by Dr Higley The Kirwin Chief , 1874 / 1876 "A Home on

840-526: The Range " in 1873 in a cabin 9 miles northwest of Smith Center . It later became the Kansas State song. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 897 square miles (2,320 km ), of which 895 square miles (2,320 km ) is land and 1.5 square miles (3.9 km ) (0.2%) is water. The county is divided into 25 townships , each of which is listed below in the subdivisions section of this article. The geographic center of

882-400: The Range" Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and antelope play, Where never is heard a discouraging word And the sky is not clouded all day. Chorus— A home, a home where the deer and the antelope play, Where never is heard a discouraging word And the sky is not clouded all day. Oh, give me the gale of

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924-519: The Range" were obscure and widely debated, although it had been published in 1910 in folklorist John Lomax 's Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads. Lomax reported that he had learned the song from a black saloon keeper in Texas who recalled learning it on the Chisholm Trail . Its popularity led to William and Mary Goodwin filing a suit for copyright infringement in 1934 for $ 500,000. In 1905

966-530: The Solomon vale, Where light streams with buoyancy flow, On the banks of the Beaver, where seldom if ever, Any poisonous herbage doth grow. Chorus— Oh, give me the land where the bright diamond sand Throws light from its glittering stream, Where glideth along the graceful white swan Like a maid in her heavenly dream Chorus— I love these wild flowers in this bright land of ours, I love, too,

1008-523: The county remained a prohibition, or "dry" , county until 1992, when voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30 percent food sales requirement. List of townships / incorporated cities / unincorporated communities / extinct former communities within Smith County. Smith County is divided into twenty-five townships . None of the cities within the county are considered governmentally independent , and all figures for

1050-417: The county was 98.79% White , 0.11% Black or African American , 0.24% Native American , 0.04% Asian , 0.11% Pacific Islander , 0.22% from other races , and 0.49% from two or more races. 0.73% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 1,953 households, out of which 25.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.60% were married couples living together, 4.70% had

1092-461: The couple had published "An Arizona Home", similar to "Home on the Range". The lawsuit initiated a search for the song's background. As it turned out, controversy and even outright plagiarism have followed the song's lyrics since their publication. On Feb. 26, 1876, the Kirwin Chief published an article on the front page titled, " PLAGIARISM, " accusing The Stockton News of publishing

1134-496: The curlew's wild scream, The bluffs of white rocks and antelope flocks That graze on our hillsides so green. Chorus— How often at night, when the heavens are bright By the light of the glittering stars, Have I stood there amazed and asked as I gazed If their beauty exceeds this of ours. Chorus— The air is so pure the breezes so light, The zephyrs so balmy at night, I would not exchange my home here to range Forever in azure so bright. Chorus— Oh! give me

1176-524: The graceful white swan, Like the maid in her heavenly dreams. [ Chorus ] A home! A home! Oh! give me a gale of the Solomon vale, Where the life streams with buoyancy flow; Or the banks of the Beaver, where seldom if ever, Any poisonous herbage doth grow. [ Chorus ] A home! A home! How often at night, when the heavens were bright, With the light of the twinkling stars, Have I stood here amazed, and asked as I gazed, If their glory exceed that of ours. [ Chorus ] A home! A home! I love

1218-572: The land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre . In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state . In 1872, Smith County was established. The first homestead in Smith County was in 1871 and there were 3,800 inhabitants by 1875. The county grew to 15,000 people by 1889. Corn

1260-539: The latter containing original lyrics specific to Texas oilmen. The song is used in The Simpsons episode " Lisa's Substitute " (1991) in which Lisa is inspired by a substitute teacher who dresses as a cowboy and sings the song with commentary. It was also used on the Shining Time Station episode "A Dog's Life." It made an appearance on GLOW when Debbie Eagan (played by Betty Gilpin ) sang

1302-413: The modern version of the song, but not identical. For instance, the original poem did not contain the words "on the range". Ranchers, cowboys, and other western settlers adopted the song as a rural anthem and it spread throughout the United States in various forms. In 1925, Texas composer David W. Guion (1892–1981) arranged it as sheet music that was published by G. Schirmer . The song has since gone by

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1344-560: The range For all of the cities so bright. The red man was pressed from this part of the West, He's likely no more to return To the banks of Red River where seldom if ever Their flickering camp-fires burn. How often at night when the heavens are bright With the light from the glittering stars, Have I stood here amazed and asked as I gazed If their glory exceeds that of ours. Oh, I love these wild flowers in this dear land of ours, The curlew I love to hear scream, And I love

1386-523: The range, Where the deer and the antelope play; Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day. The first and sixth verses of John A. Lomax 's 1910 version, "A Home on the Range", are heard in the " Glee Club Rehearsal " sequence of the Broadway musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown . The well-known first verse and chorus are covered in a season four episode of Wizards of Waverly Place . The first verse

1428-491: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smith_County&oldid=933133375 " Category : United States county name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Smith County, Kansas Smith County

1470-665: The song is one of the seven fight songs of the University of Kansas , and is traditionally played by the Marching Jayhawks university band at the end of every home athletic event. In 1871, Higley moved from Indiana and acquired land in Smith County, Kansas under the Homestead Act , living in a small cabin near West Beaver Creek. Higley was inspired by his surroundings and wrote "My Western Home", which

1512-601: The townships include those of the cities. In the following table, the population center is the largest city (or cities) included in that township's population total, if it is of a significant size. Home on the Range (song) On June 30, 1947, "Home on the Range" became the Kansas state song . In 2010, members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 western songs of all time. A rendition of

1554-448: The white rocks and the antelope flocks That graze on the mountain-tops green. Oh, give me a land where the bright diamond sand Flows leisurely down the stream; Where the graceful white swan goes gliding along Like a maid in a heavenly dream. Then I would not exchange my home on the range, Where the deer and the antelope play; Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day. Home, home on

1596-416: The wild flowers in this bright land of ours, I love the wild curlew's shrill scream; The bluffs and white rocks, and antelope flocks, That graze on the mountains so green. [ Chorus ] A home! A home! The air is so pure and the breezes so free, The zephyrs so balmy and light, That I would not exchange my home here to range, Forever in azures so bright. [ Chorus ] A home! A home! Oh, give me

1638-414: Was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 92.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.40 males. The median income for a household in the county was $ 28,486, and the median income for a family was $ 36,951. Males had a median income of $ 25,089 versus $ 18,608 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 14,983. About 8.80% of families and 10.70% of the population were below

1680-403: Was not available in the United States until 1993. Others who have recorded the song include John Charles Thomas , Connie Francis , Gene Autry , Boxcar Willie , Burl Ives , Pete Seeger , Johnnie Ray , Slim Whitman , Steve Lawrence and Tori Amos . "Home on the Range" is often performed in programs and concerts of American patriotic music and is frequently used in plays and films. The song

1722-835: Was published in the Smith County Pioneer (KS) newspaper in 1873 or 1874 and republished March 21, 1874 in The Kirwin Chief . Higley's cabin home is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Home on the Range Cabin . Daniel E. Kelley (1843–1905), a friend of Higley and member of the Harlan Brothers Orchestra, developed a melody for the song on his guitar. Higley's original lyrics are similar to those of

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1764-412: Was the main crop at first but drought and grasshopper plagues severely hurt the crops. When hardy Winter wheat was introduced to Kansas by Russian settlers, it eventually became the predominant crop in Smith County. The population of the county has slowly declined since 1900 due in large part because of advanced farming techniques that require less human labor. Brewster Higley wrote the song " Home on

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