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This is a portrait of a woman in a wedding dress and veil holding a bouquet of flowers and a man wearing a suit. It is from the collection of Mabel Boyles, who was from Rossville, Kansas.

William C. Baylis cutting his lawn. Two women sit on the porch rocking chairs.

Mr. William Cyrus Baylis was the first Rossville, Kansas, rural route mail carrier.

This picture of William L. Hesse, Rossville, Kansas, lumber dealer, was taken February 9, 1961. The J. Thomas Lumber Company started in Rossville in the 1880s. James B. Hall was manager for several years and in 1909 Mr. Vawter became manager. William…

William S. "Bill" Hesse made this bicycle built for two out of a boys and a girls bicycle. It holds three, however, as he takes his children Ron and Rhonda for a ride in December of 1961.

W.W. Ross was born in 1828 in Huron, Ohio. His parents, Sylvester and Cynthia Ross, were youthful pioneers on the Western Reserve of Ohio and were originally from the New England States. Ross was deprived of formal schooling as he grew up in the Ohio…

A portrait of a woman sitting in a rocking chair. It is from the collection of Mabel Boyles, who was from Rossville, Kansas.

Pictured from left to right quilting are Golda Cottle, Vida Whitney, Stella Page, Amy Meade, and Ella Whearty on June 6, 1963.