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Street scene, Council Grove, Kansas

Date: Between 1870 and 1875

A photograph showing Main Street in Council Grove, Kansas. Visible in the photograph are carriages and people on horseback in front of a boot and shoe shop, lumber yard, blacksmith…

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Boomer Camp on Walnut River, Arkansas City, Kansas

Date: Between 1886 and 1889

This sepia colored photograph shows a couple of “boomers” on the banks of the Walnut River in Arkansas City, Kansas. The “boomers” were white settlers who were attempting to settle…

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Monuments, Finney County, Kansas

Date: Between 1940 and 1960

These photographs show “The Indian and the Buffalo,” a Kansas Historical Marker located east of Garden City, in Finney County, Kansas.

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Irrigation scene, Finney County, Kansas

Date: Between 1920 and 1930

The photograph shows water coming from an irrigation pump, 3500 gallons a minute, in Finney County, Kansas. The photograph was donated by the Garden City Chamber of Commerce.

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Family and sod home, Finney County, Kansas

Date: Between 1890 and 1900

The photograph shows an unidentified family standing in front of a sod house in Finney County, Kansas. The photograph also shows a horse, and a table with plants on it.