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Heading wheat in Kiowa County, Kansas

Date: Between 1891 and 1903

View of farmers heading wheat in Kiowa County, Kansas. Horse-drawn harvesting equipment, and a couple seated in a horse-drawn carriage, are also visible in the photograph.

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Hostetter’s ranch south of Coats, Kansas

Date: Between 1891 and 1903

Hereford heifers on the Hostetter’s ranch (owned by Harris and Crane of Ottawa, Kansas) south of Coats, Kansas. A wagon, hay mounds, wooden fences, and out-buildings are also visible in…

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Hereford bull “Columbus”

Date: Between 1891 and 1903

This is a photograph of “Columbus,” Frank Rockefeller’s famous Hereford bull, which cost $5,050.00 and weighed 2,200 pounds. Rockefeller, 1845-1917, raised purebreed stock on his 12,000 acre ranch near Belvidere…

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Fred Tainter’s ranch

Date: 1898

View of the Fred Tainter ranch house and out-buildings. Next to the ranch house is a wagon, and cattle are visible in the foreground and background.

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Young woman on a horse

Date: Between 1891 and 1903

View of an unidentified young woman seated side saddle on a horse in a grove of small trees.