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Located 3 1/2 miles west of Sylvan Grove

Hicks Hotel - The Hicks Hotel was built in 1886 by Henry A. Hicks at an estimated cost of $11,000. It was the first three-story building in this part of the state. Over 300,000 locally manufactured bricks were used in its construction. The hotel…

Built in 1886 as the Hicks Hotel, this building was know as the Beck Hotel after 1935. It was torn down in 1963 to make way for the new Stockton National Bank building. This view was probably about 1940.

Interior of Hopfer Store, later purchased by Ray Eckelman

Russell Jacobson, Sr. with horse and buggy, 1920.

Republic County, Kansas, citizens were asked to tell stories of their lives as they lived and remembered them.

Isaac Conger

Jim Ball's truck hauling a hog house to deliver for the lumber yard. The lumber yard is pictured on the right. On the left is the Elliot Hotel on the corner of 18th and L Streets in Belleville, Kansas.

J.E. Ball Trucking, Belleville, KS. Picture taken at 6th & M Streets, looking southeast to fairgrounds. Photo shows 8-sided Floral Hall building and rock grandstand in background.

Boy and goat in front of Jacobson farmhouse, 1 ½ miles south and 1 ½ miles east of Norway, Kansas.