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Velda O'Donnell at the Shawnee County Reporter, Rossville, Kansas
Velda O'Donnell working at the Shawnee County Reporter. This picture was taken December 22, 1960. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from...
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Velda O'Donnell, Rossville, Kansas
Velda O'Donnell working at The Shawnee County Reporter's printing press in Rossville, Kansas, in November 1960. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage...
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Dr. Henry Fuller Pratt and patient Harry Jamieson, Rossville, Kansas
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. He married Jennie...
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Lecompton City map
A town plat of Lecompton, Kansas Territory. In 1855, Lecompton became the capital of Kansas Territory.
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Charlie's Pharmacy, Rossville, Kansas
A photograph of Charles Klesath's business, Charlie's Pharmacy, in Rossville, Kansas, in the 1960s. To the right of the pharmacy was Rossville Truck and Tractor Company. This photograph is provided...
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Skaggs Hardware after a fire, Rossville, Kansas
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 stock, $13,000; Binns...
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Owners of The Shawnee County Reporter, Rossville, Kansas
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 1967 to the Pictorial Times,...
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People in a canoe on Cross Creek, Rossville, Kansas
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 on Kansas...
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Mary Sedgwick
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 a pilot...
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Joseph Calvin Bradley in the grain office, Rossville, Kansas
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. He became the manager...
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Leo Dale Berry and Carl Rupin unloading irrigation pipe, Rossville, Kansas
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 project to host unique...
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William L. Hesse, Rossville, Kansas
This picture of William L. Hesse, Rossville, Kansas, lumber dealer, was taken February 9, 1961. The J. Thomas Lumber Company started in Rossville in the 1880s. James B. Hall was manager for several...
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Mrs. Ethel Kerr, Rossville, Kansas
A photograph of Ethel Kerr. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on Kansas Memory and was accomplished by mutual...
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Ladies chorale group, Rossville, Kansas
Ladies of the chorale group pictured left to right are: front row, Gladys Jamieson, Clare Miller, Mrs. Skaggs, May Bradley, Mrs. Hedges, and Miss Smith; middle row, Esther Pratt, Grace Hartzell, Mrs....
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Flood in Kansas City, Kansas
This is a photograph showing rescue boats coming to the 7th street viaduct during the height of the 1951 flood in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Jerome Ashby "Rome" Colvin
This political card shows Jerome Ashby "Rome" Colvin as a candidate for sheriff of Shawnee County, Kansas. Colvin, (1863-1932), was a livestock merchant and brother- in- law of U.S. Vice- President...
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Church Encampment to be held at Bismarck Grove near Lawrence, Kansas
This church encampment was non-denominational. Its purpose was to provide "instruction, recreation, and social intercourse to Christian workers." The leaflet includes the daily schedule, the various...
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New town site of Randolph, Kansas
A photograph showing people looking at the new town site for Randolph, Kansas. Randolph relocated and rebuilt because of the construction of Tuttle Creek Reservoir.
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Map of Kansas and southwest Missouri
Published in Camp's Emigrant's Guide, this map depicts the railroad lines between Kansas and Southwest Missouri. The railroad lines that are illustrated include: the Kansas City, Ft. Scott and Gulf,...
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Booster's special at the Union Pacific depot, Winchester, Kansas
A photograph showing a group of people at Worth's Booster Special at the Union Pacific depot in Winfield, Kansas. The Midland Elevator Company grain elevator is visible in the photograph.
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