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Missouri Pacific Railroad depot, Downs, Kansas

Date: 1958

This photograph shows the Missouri Pacific depot in Downs, Kansas. The Italian Renaissance style depot has been refurbished and houses the Downs Historic Railroad Foundation. The depot was added to…

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Gravestone of Chief Compchau

Date: 1952

A photograph of the gravestone of Compchau, Chief of the Ottawas. The gravestone is located in the Ottawa Indian Burial Grounds near Ottawa, Kansas.

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Florence Crawford Capper

Date: Between 1880s and 1900s

This illustration shows Florence Crawford Capper (1868-1926). The daughter of Kansas’ third governor, Samuel Johnson Crawford and his wife Isabel Chase Crawford, Florence was the first daughter to be born…

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Cedar Point, Kansas

Date: May 30, 1903

This black and white photograph shows a group of people escaping from rising waters in Cedar Point, Kansas. The extremely heavy rains from May 30th to June 1st of 1903…

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Flooding at Cedar Point, Kansas

Date: May 30, 1903

This sepia colored photograph shows rising high waters along the Cottonwood River in Cedar Point, Kansas. The extremely heavy rains from May 30th to June 1st of 1903 caused a…

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Cedar Point, Kansas

Date: Between 1880s and 1890s

This black and white photograph shows several store fronts in Cedar Point, Kansas. The town, named by abolitionist and former Kansas legislator Orlo H. Drinkwater, is located about fourteen miles…