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Store Front - The 1905 appearance of the Good Quality Department Store in Stockton when purchased by J.A. Maris. Individuals pictured above are as follow: L to R - Rae Maris, Dry Goods Manager, Cora Jones, Millinery Manager, Kate Walgren, Clyde…

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…

Webster Dam - Digging of the core trench for the Webster Dam project. The foundation was finished in 1953 with the dam being completed in 1956. The main purpose of the dam was for flood control, but irrigation, fishing and wildlife became a part of…

Memorial Stone - The stone put up at the Stockton Cemetery in memory of Pvt. Rooks, whom Rooks County was named after.

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

H.C. McNutt, Woodston, owned the first threshing machine and engine in Ash Rock Township and threshed much of the wheat there for many years. H.C. McNutt hulling with NO3 Birdsell & 12-24 Avery Gas Tractor 660 Bu in 10 days Woodston Kans

The dedication of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Webster, June 11, 1911.

Construction of the Thomas Big Barn northeast of Woodston. The barn was built between 1910 and 1912.

The Woodston Rural High School a few years after construction. The school was completed in 1921.

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…