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Mrs. Mary E. Vawter and Mr. Clarence Ernest (C.E.) Gresser worked at the Peoples State Bank in Rossville, Kansas. The bank was founded in 1909. Based on the calendar that shows January 1 being a Friday, this picture was probably taken in 1932.

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 was used for coarser products. The Pottawatomi Indians were the principal patrons…

The Luce Bakery was a Rossville, Kansas, business.

Dr. Clyde S. Smith was born November 8, 1881, in Edina, Missouri. He practiced medicine in Willard, Kansas, around 1905 to 1922, when he moved to Rossville, Kansas. He married Rose Humphrey in February 1906. He owned one of the first automobiles in…

Peter Navarre and his wife, Minnie, served as owners and editors of the Rossville Reporter for 40 years, purchasing it in March of 1913. Peter Navarre was born March 26, 1884, in Rossville. He worked at the Rossville News office, then owned by U.G.…

Employees of the Oliver Nursery are pictured left to right, back row: Frank Goodrich, Walter Patton, and John Short; middle row: Chris Lillard, Rufus Lillard, Andy Chapman, and Truman Paine; front row: Henry Martin, Ed Bixby, John Martin, and William…

E.J. Howard in front of Howard's Garage, located at the corner of Main Street and Perry, Rossville, Kansas

The Oliver Nursery was operated by brothers Tom and Charles Oliver. The Oliver nursery grew seedlings for root stock used for grafting and budding of different fruit varieties. They also raised general farm crops and livestock. They processed the…

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.

The first trucking business in Rossville, Kansas, was Howard French (pictured on top of logs) who started in 1929 and continued operation until 1946. When he first started in business he would haul anything. His truck line later hauled principally…