Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1880 and 1920
C.C. McPherson opened the McPherson Livery barn in October 1879. In 1883, he kept three buggies, two spring wagons and nine head of horses. He expanded his business to house…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1953 and 1967
Bill Murray and his wife, Betty, purchased the Rossville Reporter in March of 1953. The name was then changed to The Shawnee County Reporter. The Murrays sold the paper in…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1870-1900
A photograph of the west side of Main Street in Rossville, Kansas. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1953 and 1967
Bill Murray and his wife, Betty, purchased the Rossville Reporter in March of 1953. The name was then changed to The Shawnee County Reporter. The Murrays sold the paper in…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1956
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…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1940-1970
An unidentified Rossville, Kansas, farmer harvesting his crops using Farmall and McCormick-Deering equipment. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1912
No names are given for this group of fifth and sixth grade students from Rossville, Kansas. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1906 and 1930
Mrs. Grace Eversole Hartzell and Mrs. Edna Hartzell Salley in a one-horse open buggy. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1912
Ladies Literary and Music Club members at a picnic in 1912. Seated on the ground right to left: Clyde Cless in front of his mother, Katie Cless, Ella Williams in…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1932
Mary E. Vawter and Clarence Ernest (C.E.) Gresser working at the Peoples State Bank in Rossville, Kansas. The bank was founded in 1909. This photograph is provided through a pilot…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1960
Either partial or total destruction of 75 farms and homes were reported from this May 19, 1960 storm. There were no deaths in Rossville, Kansa area. This photograph is provided…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1953 and 1970
A photograph of the Rossville grade school, located on East Pottawatomie Street in Rossville, Kansas. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1880-1950
The United Brethren Church was the first church building built in Rossville, Kansas. It was built around 1877. The old landmark, five miles north of Rossville, was torn down about…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1870 and 1912
The Cedar Bluff Mill was built in 1869 by Joseph Perry, three miles north of Rossville on Cross Creek. Flour was manufactured there until the 1880s and later the mill…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1884 and 1939
The Methodist Episcopal Church in Rossville, Kansas, was chartered and registered with the Secretary of State on June 13, 1881. They shared the Baptist’s church building along with the Christians…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1902
The Willard bridge is located between Willard and Rossville, Kansas. The Rossville News of September 27, 1901, reports, “A force of men with teams and scrapers are putting the Rossville-Willard…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1969
Two unidentified women stand outside the Rossville grade school on September 5, 1969. The school was located on East Pottawatomie Street in Rossville, Kansas.
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1953
In 1953, Leo Dale Berry and Carl Rupin formed the Berry Irrigation Company and shipped the first carload of aluminum pipe to Kansas. This photograph is provided through a pilot…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1903 and 1904
A photograph of the flooded Stratton home. It is unknown whether this picture was taken during the flood of 1903 or 1904. This photograph is provided through a pilot project…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1896 and 1915
One of the earliest farmers in Rossville, Kansas, was Henry Ford who acquired 80 acres southwest of Rossville in 1864. He was born May 3, 1836, in Richland County, Ohio.…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1934 and 1939
Dr. Clyde S. Smith practiced medicine in Willard, Kansas, from around 1905 to 1922, when he moved to Rossville, Kansas. He practiced medicine in Rossville until 1959. Delivering triplets was…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1880 and 1910
Dr. Henry H. Miller was born in Alliance, Ohio, on May 4, 1850. He set up his medical practice in Rossville, Kansas, in June 1872. Until his death on May…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1889
Ella Miller was elected the Rossville, Kansas, mayor in 1889 on an all-woman ticket. She was the wife of Mr. Henry H. Miller who was elected the first mayor of…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1889
Elizabeth Mitchner was elected a Rossville, Kansas, councilwoman in 1889 on an all-woman ticket. Her husband was William Milton (W.M.) Mitchner. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1880-1920
A photograph of the Luce Bakery in Rossville, Kansas. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on Kansas Memory and…
