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Highway 24 through Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1945 and 1979
Kansas Highway 24 going west through Rossville, Kansas. The tall building to the left of the highway is the high school. The long building behind it is the bus barn…
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Parade, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1960 and 1966
People relax against parked cars on Main Street as they watch a Tall Corn Festival parade in Rossville, Kansas. The boy on the left is Kenneth Coleman and the one…
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Event on main street, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1957 and 1975
This photograph shows people lining Main Street in Rossville, Kansas, for an unknown event. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local…
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C.C. McPherson’s livery, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1880 and 1910
C.C. McPherson opened the McPherson Livery barn in October of 1879. In 1883, he kept three buggies, two spring wagons and nine head of horses. He enlarged his business in…
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Rossville high school girls basketball, Rossville, Kansas
Date: 1907
Members of the Rossville High School girls basketball team of 1907. Pictured are (left to right) Maude White, Daisy Kiegley, Mabel Stewart, Edith Burns, Ida Zickefoose, and Ethel Binns. Ida…
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Union Pacific water tower, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1930
Pictured left to right are Elmer Olson and F.E. Zickefoose. Mr. Zickefoose was the water tower pumper. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage…
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Post office, Willard, Kansas
Date: Between 1940 and 1955
The post office at Willard, Kansas. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on Kansas Memory and was accomplished by…
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Golden Belt road at Kingsville, Kansas
Date: 1910-1950
Southeast of Rossville, Kansas, (between Rossville and Silver Lake) stood the town of Kingsville which Andrew Wilson built and erected at his own expense. The town included a depot (pictured),…
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Depot at Kingsville, Kansas
Date: Between 1920-1960
Southeast of Rossville, Kansas, (between Rossville and Silver Lake) stood the town of Kingsville which Andrew Wilson built and erected at his own expense. The town included a depot (pictured),…
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Willard bridge crossing the Kansas River, Willard, Kansas
Date: Between 1954 and 1970
This bridge is between Rossville and Willard, Kansas. The Rossville News of September 27, 1901 reported, “A force of men with teams and scrapers are putting the Rossville-Willard boulevard in…
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Peter Navarre at a linotype machine, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1913 and 1953
Peter Navarre and his wife, Minnie, served as owners and editors of the Rossville Reporter for forty years, purchasing it in March of 1913. Peter Navarre was born March 26,…
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Velda O’Donnell, telephone operator, Rossville, Kansas
Date: 1953
Velda O’Donnell worked as a Rossville, Kansas, operator in 1953. Public telephone service started in Rossville in 1900. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural…
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Post office, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1908 and 1911
Mr. and Mrs. U.G. and Lillian Stewart are pictured inside the Rossville, Kansas, post office, where Mr. U.G. Stewart was postmaster from 1908-1911. The location of the post office at…
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H.L. Miller’s Rossville Clothing Store and Rossville State Bank, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1927
The Rossville State Bank (right) was established in 1893.The original officers were E.P. Merrian, president; I.B. Alter, cashier; Dr. Henry H. Miller, Wesley Davis, and C.W. Higginbotham, directors. The bank…
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Members of Moravian Lodge number 128, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1909 and 1950
The Rossville Moravian Lodge was organized in 1903 with the first meeting held on February 7, 1903, in the 101 Victory School House. Meetings were held there until 1909 when…
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Edgar G. Griswold
Date: Between 1910 and 1950
Edgar G. Griswold was born in Santa Rosa, California, on May 23, 1870. He moved to Rossville in 1902. He was a teacher and farmer as well as served as…
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LaVerne H. Spears
Date: 1965
LaVerne H. Spears was born on a farm near Wamego, Kansas, on September 20, 1906. He married Edna Vilven in 1927. They moved to Rossville, Kansas, in 1928. He was…
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C.E. Cless’ Ford Demonstrator
Date: 1902
Archie Cless, Carl Parr, and Irene Howard are pictured here with possibly the first automobile seen in Rossville, Kansas. From the March 14, 1902, issue of the Rossville News, Mr.…
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Joe Campbell home after tornado, Rossville, Kansas
Date: 1960
A photograph of the Joe Campbell home after a May 19, 1960 tornado. Either partial or total destruction of seventy-five farms and homes were reported from this storm that happened…
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St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, Rossville, Kansas
Date: 1899
A photograph of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church under construction. The corner stone of the church was laid by Bishop Fink on June 18, 1899. The dedication of the completed church…
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Dr. Henry B. Miller holding Shelley McClain, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1955 and 1957
Dr. Henry B. Miller with Shelley McClain sitting on his lap at his doctor’s office in Rossville, Kansas. See Unit ID 99752 for more information on Dr. Henry B. Miller.…
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Group of students, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1890-1920
A photograph of a group of students in Rossville, Kansas. Pictured left to right are Clinton Stalker, Rhoda Marion, Vida Reser, Allen Enos, Vivian James, Mildred James, Sherwin Griswold, Nora…
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Dr. Henry B. Miller
Date: Between 1908 and 1921
Dr. Henry B. Miller was born in Rossville, Kansas, on January 1, 1881. He received his degree as Doctor of Medicine in 1908 from the University of Pennsylvania and after…
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Mr. O. Leroy Sedgwick
Date: Between 1874 and 1881
A photograph of Mr. O. Leroy Sedgwick. He established the Pottawatomi Land Office in St. Marys in 1870, and four years later began publishing a newspaper. In August 1878, he…
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Emma Ellis, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1889 and 1893
A photograph of Emma Ellis. Emma was elected Rossville, Kansas, treasurer in 1889 on an all-woman ticket. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage…