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Jones was the first member from Finney County to the Kansas House of Representatives. He served two interrupted terms, first as an [[Independent voter|Independent]] from District 127 (1885-1886) and then as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] in District 122 (1889-1890).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslib.info/legislators/membj2.html|title=Kansas Legislature: Past and Present|publisher=kslib.info|accessdate=September 4, 2010}}</ref>
Jones was the first member from Finney County to the Kansas House of Representatives. He served two interrupted terms, first as an [[Independent voter|Independent]] from District 127 (1885-1886) and then as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] in District 122 (1889-1890).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslib.info/legislators/membj2.html|title=Kansas Legislature: Past and Present|publisher=kslib.info|accessdate=September 4, 2010}}</ref>
He organized four irrigation companies to take water one hundred miles from the Arkansas River to aid in the cultivation of 75,000 acres. Jones contracted with the former[Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad to build a depot in Garden City. He encouraged the movement of thousands of settlers into the region.<ref name=exhibit>Charles Jesse "Buffalo" Jones exhibit, Finney County Historical Museum, Garden City, Kansas.</ref>
He organized four irrigation companies to take water one hundred miles from the Arkansas River to aid in the cultivation of 75,000 acres. Jones contracted with the former Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad to build a depot in Garden City. He encouraged the movement of thousands of settlers into the region.<ref name=exhibit>Charles Jesse "Buffalo" Jones exhibit, Finney County Historical Museum, Garden City, Kansas.</ref>
==Preserving the buffalo==
==Preserving the buffalo==