A tornado hit Hollis on May 14, 1909, at five o'clock in the evening[4] causing serious damage and killing several people. The town was "swept away" by the tornado[4] Only three buildings in the town were reported to have escaped damage, and total damage estimates were over $50,000 in 1909 dollars.[4] In 1910, the community reported a population of just 50 people.[5]
Education
The community is served by Concordia USD 333 public school district.
^Hollibaugh, E. F. (1903). Biographical History of Cloud County, Kansas: Biographies of Representative Citizens. Illustrated with Portraits of Prominent People, Cuts of Homes, Stock, Etc. Wilson, Humphrey & Company. p. 888.
^Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 864.
^ a b cThe Kansas City Star Archived 2012-09-06 at the Wayback Machine "Damage by Kansas Storm" May 15, 1909 (reported on GenDisasters.com website)
^"Hollis - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912". www.ksgenweb.org. Retrieved July 14, 2022.