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Main Road looking west of Stockton, Ks -- June 18, 1908. The Solomon River was a mile wide at flood stage.

Located about 8 miles north of Sylvan Grove, the Spillman Creek Double Arch Bridge and Park area offers a peaceful respite for visitors. The Bridge was placed on the Register of Historic Kansas Places by the Kansas Historical Society on August 21,…

Townspeople gathered to watch a steam engine being unloaded at the Sylvan Grove Depot. The train brought the mail and every supply needed to survive in early Kansas.

Nathan Isaacson and Emil Isaacson posing with their steam-powered threshing machine in Union Township, circa 1920s.

A steam thresher in the field. Date of the picture is unknown.

The Carnegie Library - In 1909, the Library Association of Stockton contacted Andrew Carnegie, who agreed to donate $5,000.00 for a library building. The Association donated it's property for the library site, and the voters of Stockton agreed to an…

The Stockton City Building in a photo taken in 1941. Built in 1940 with WPA (Workers' Progress Administration) funds, this native stone building at 115 South Walnut originally housed the fire department and city offices. The fire department and…

The Congregational Church, located at 305 North Spruce, was built in 1906. It replaced a smaller structure, the second church in Stockton, which had been built in 1881. The steeple has since been removed.

Stockton Grade School - The Stockton Grade School was built in 1941 of native limestone and concrete. This WPA project was designed by H.E. Wheelock. This building is still (2008) used as the elementary school.

Stockton High School - The Stockton High School building was completed in 1923, replacing the old Academy as the district high school. When the new high school was built just south of this building in 1955, it became the middle school. It served as…