Maple Grove School, Crawford County, Kansas
A photograph of students and their teacher at the Maple Grove School #4 in Crawford County, Kansas. This school was located four miles east of Hepler, Kansas. Bert Fox, age 7, is on the right end with...
View ArticleFrank Richard and Olive Jean Richard with their twin sons
This is a photograph of Frank Richard and Olive Jean Richard with their twin sons, Frank and Charles. The photograph was taken in Holton, Kansas.
View ArticleWilliam Foster Means
This cabinet card shows William Foster Means (1861-1930), a lawyer from Hiawatha, Kansas. Means, a native of DeKalb County, Missouri, graduated from the University of Missouri in 1885 with a degree in...
View ArticleOld windmill in Lawrence, Kansas
This is a photograph showing a Holland-style windmill built in Lawrence, Kansas. Construction began on July 1, 1863 by by A. Palm and G. H. Wilder; however, it was destroyed in Quantrill's raid....
View ArticlePaleoindian projectile point
This Late Paleoindian point is called a Dalton and functioned as a spear tip. It was found in Atchison County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1973. Late Paleoindian people traveled in...
View ArticlePaleoIndian projectile point
This Late Paleoindian point is called a Dalton and functioned as a spear tip. It was found in Atchison County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1976. Late Paleoindian people traveled in...
View ArticlePaleoIndian projectile point
This Late Paleoindian point is called a Dalton and functioned as a spear tip. It was found along the Blue River in Kansas and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1925. Late Paleoindian people...
View ArticleMetal Arrowpoint
This is a metal arrow point that was donated in 1962 to the Kansas Historical Society. It is thought to have been made from a serving fork with two of the tines removed.
View ArticleFlood in Hutchinson, Kansas
Here are three photographs showing a flood in the business district of Hutchinson, Kansas.
View ArticleGrain elevator, St. Francis, Kansas
This photograph shows trucks waiting to unload their grain at the elevator in St. Francis, Kansas.
View ArticleHomestead of Israel K. Brown, Cato, Kansas
A photograph of the homestead of Israel K. Brown in Cato, Kansas. Israel K. Brown was deeded the first land patent of the Cherokee Neutral Land on January 1, 1870.
View ArticleExcursion trains, Hugoton, Kansas
These two black and white photographs show groups of people gathered around two excursion trains at the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe depot in Hugoton, Kansas in celebration of the ATSF line from...
View ArticleSecretary to the Governor to A. S. Wilson
This is a letter from Governor Henry J. Allen's secretary to Mr. A.S. Wilson about segregation in cities of the second class.
View ArticleCarry Nation home, Medicine Lodge, Kansas
Multiple views of Carry Nation's home in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. She and her husband bought this home in 1889 and lived there for thirteen years.
View ArticleHarry and Anna Cowan
This is a photograph of Harry and Anna Cowan who lived near Fort Scott, Kansas. Harry was a farm reporter and rural circulation solicitor for the Fort Scott Daily Tribune. He reported the trends and...
View ArticleHollenberg Pony Express Station
This is a postcard showing the Hollenberg Pony Express Station near Hanover, Kansas. It was erected in 1857 on the Oregon Trail.
View ArticleMissouri Pacific depot, Arma, Kansas
A photograph of the Missouri Pacific Railroad depot in Arma, Kansas. This depot was part of the Joplin Division, Cornell Sub Division.
View ArticleMain Street, McPherson, Kansas
This sepia-colored postcard shows a street scene of store fronts and horse-drawn wagons along Main Street in McPherson, Kansas. The following text "Compliments of Albert E. King, McPherson, Kansas"...
View ArticleN. C. McFarland home at 919 Harrison in Topeka, Kansas
This is a photograph showing N. C. McFarland's home at 919 Harrison in Topeka, Kansas. The house was later owned by Frank Crane.
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