Pictured are two Rossville, Kansas, businesses on Main Street. Hy-Klas Food Store (on the left) was owned by Bob Rawlings. He purchased it in 1951. Hurley's Sundries is on the right.
Around 1925, Ira T. Hopkins started his grocery business. He sold it in 1931, later buying it back and then selling it again in 1945.Orbie Binney is in the delivery truck.
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 of the grain elevator, served as mayor, played in…