Cowie, Daniel B. The following data is extracted from A Standard
History of Kansas and Kansans. Daniel B. Cowie. In an article on
other pages of this publication will be found some account of
the salt industry in Kansas and some mention of the more
prominent mines and companies. One of the most striking figures
in the development of the salt industry in Kansas was the late
James Cowie, Sr., and the above named is a son of that salt
pioneer and is now general superintendent of the Independent
Salt Company at Kanopolis. The Cowie family are Scotch people,
and in Scotland they were also identified with mining. The
grandfather of Daniel was George Cowie, who spent his life in
Scotland and was a successful coal contractor. James Cowie, Sr.,
was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland, in 1839. He grew up and
married there and from an early age was a coal miner. Prior to
his coming to America he was general manager for one of the
largest coal companies in Scotland, having supervision over ten
diffierent coal properties. On