Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1898 and 1901
A photograph of Dave Hartzell, Emma Nailer, Rebecca Vorhies, Dollie Lillard, Mr. and Mrs. Vorhies, Dave Yocum, and Bradley (traveling man) standing outside the Union Hotel in Rossville, Kansas. In…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
The Opera House Pharmacy was owned and operated by G.P. Pierce. The first telephone switchboard was located there. Telephone service to the public did not get started in Rossville until…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1879 and 1900
This is a photograph of Rossville’s City Band. The band started in 1879 and played Saturday night concerts as well as played for the horse races held in St. Marys,…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1932 and 1959
Dr. Clyde S. Smith was born November 8, 1881, in Edina, Missouri. He practiced medicine in Willard, Kansas, around 1905 to 1922, then moved to Rossville, Kansas. He married Rose…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1913
Skaggs Hardware caught fire in 1913. It was so hot and dry and burned so quickly that all efforts were given to saving adjoining buildings. Losses were Skaggs Hardware and…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1890 and 1915
Joseph Calvin (J.C.) Bradley was born September 12, 1862, in Decatur, Indiana. He came to Rossville, Kansas, in 1882. He married Ida Magill of Silver Lake on November 24, 1886.…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
Dr. Henry Fuller Pratt treats patient Harry Jamieson in Rossville, Kansas. Dr. Pratt was born in Kossuth, Ohio, December 8, 1861. He moved to Topeka, Kansas, when he was four.…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1880
Three unknown people sit in a canoe on Cross Creek in Rossville, Kansas. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1891
Walter Startup, pictured on the left, was born May 6, 1891, died February 5, 1972, and was buried in the Silver Lake Cemetery. Della Startup, pictured on the right, was…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1914
A photograph of Dr. Henry H. Miller and his wife Ella Wyatt Miller, in an automobile. This car was one of the first ones purchased in Rossville, Kansas. It was…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1874 and 1881
A portrait of Mary Sedgwick. Her husband, O. Leroy Sedgwick, is pictured in Unit ID 99751. They were two of the earliest Rossville, Kansas, settlers. This photograph is provided through…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1899
These are the pioneer settlers of Rossville, Kansas, ages 20 and older. Pictured left to right are: Dr. Robert S. Gabbey, C.W. Higginbotham, Tom Cox, Richard Binns, Bennett Swearingen, Josh…
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: Between 1866 and 1900
William Cyrus Baylis was the first Rossville, Kansas, rural route mail carrier. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1889
Mrs. C.C. McPherson was elected Rossville, Kansas, councilwoman in 1889 on an all-woman ticket. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1881 and 1910
Cyrus W. Higginbotham was one of the earliest settlers of Shawnee County and Rossville township and one of the founders of Rossville, Kansas. This photograph is provided through a pilot…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1878 and 1917
A photograph of the Kerr & Higginbotham Mercantile, later known as the Hartzell & Tatman Drug Store, which burned in 1917. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
People gathered to participate in a Fourth of July parade in Rossville, Kansas. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1880-1910
This is a photograph of Bruce Jamieson and the milk delivery wagon, Rossville, Kansas. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1940-1970
A view of Main Street in Rossville, Kansas. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on Kansas Memory and was…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1895 and 1900
This is a portrait of Grace Eversole in the fifth grade. Her adult portrait is Unit ID 99778, which is reflected on the back of this picture from being stacked…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1911 and 1935
Grace (Eversole) Hartzell helped start the Home Demonstration Unit, later known as the Extension Homemakers Unit, for Rossville, Kansas. Her childhood portrait is Unit ID 99779. This photograph is provided…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1913 and 1936
A photograph of the Rossville High School. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on Kansas Memory and was accomplished…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1950 and 1970
People stand next to parked cars as they watch a parade go down Main Street in Rossville, Kansas. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1952 and 1958
The J. Thomas Lumber Company started in Rossville in the 1880s. James B. Hall was manager for several years and in 1909 Mr. Vawter became manager. William Hesse started work…
