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  • Collection: Profiles of Local Persons, Rossville, Kansas

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Ruth Page, John Simeka, and Melba Gentry are pictured inside the Hy-Klas Food Store, located at 429 Main Street, Rossville, Kansas.

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L.B. Crow operated the Acme Manufacturing Company in Rossville, Kansas, for many years. He also at one time served as mayor. This picture was taken in January 1957.

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These ladies were at the home of Ella Williams in Rossville, Kansas, on October 12, 1920. Pictured in the back row are Miss Ella Williams, Mrs. Lenore G. (guest), Mrs. Gertrude Miller, Mrs. Mattie Attebury, Mrs. Mina Hook, unknown guest, Mrs.…

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Paul Patell was one of the early settlers of Rossville, Kansas. In the 1880s he had a carpenter and wagon shop. He is pictured in RCL0030 cruising around Rossville in his boat after a flood.

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Paul Stewart was the son of U.G. Stewart of Rossville, Kansas.

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Ella, Earl, and Dr. Henry B. Miller, Rossville, Kansas

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Aileen Patton is standing in front of Walter Patton's barn across from the Oliver Nursery shed in Rossville, Kansas.

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Dr. Henry B. Miller was born in Rossville, Kansas, in January 1, 1881. He received his degree as Doctor of Medicine in 1908 from the University of Pennsylvania and after a year of interning in Philadelphia he returned to Rossville and worked with his…

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One of the earliest farmers in Rossville, Kansas, was Henry Ford who acquired 80 acres southwest of Rossville in 1864. He was born May 3, 1836, in Richland County, Ohio. He came to Kansas in 1863 and was a stage coach driver for the Overland Stage…

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Dr. Clyde S. Smith practiced medicine in Willard, Kansas, around 1905 to 1922, when he moved to Rossville, Kansas. He practiced medicine in Rossville until 1959. Delivering triplets was one of the highlights of Dr. Clyde S. Smith’s medical career.…
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