Death Ends It, Honeymoon of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith Is Over, Rossville, Kansas
description: DEATH ENDS IT Honeymoon of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith is Over. He With Two Others Killed at Crossing. STOPS A MARRIAGE. Other Two Victims to Have Been United Sunday. Maggie Marney and Edward Smith Find Union in Death. ONLY ONE IS ALIVE. Mrs. Fred Smith Tells How Accident Happened. Young People Returning From Dance at St. Marys. Three persons were instantly killed and another perhaps fatally injured shortly after 1 o’clock this morning at bond’s crossing, about two miles west of Rossville, by the Union Pacific passenger train No. 3, west-bound. The killed are: FRED SMITH, EDWARD D. SMITH AND MISS MAGGIE MARNEY. Mrs. Fred Smith may recover, although at noon today she was still unconscious and was in a delirious condition. Mrs. Smith was a bride of less than a week, having been married on Sunday, and Miss Maggie Marney was to have been married next Sunday to Edward Smith, one of the unfortunate men. Edward and Fred Smith were brothers, both prosperous young farmers who parents also live near Rossville. They had been to St. Marys to attend a Woodman dance and were returning home when the accident occurred. They were driving a team of horses attached to a double-seated carriage, when they crossed the Union Pacific at Bond’s crossing, and the engine of the Union Pacific passenger train crashed into them. The bodies of the killed were terribly mangled, and Miss Marney’s head was completely severed from her body. Both the horses were instantly killed, and the carriage was smashed. The engineer did not see the carriage until after the engine had struck it. He immediately brought his train to a standstill and the bodies of the dead and Mrs. Smith, who was unconscious, were taken on board and were carried to St. Marys. They were taken to Rossville early this morning, accompanied by Dr. Miller and a Catholic priest, Father DeSmedt, and an inquest was held at 9 o’clock. Mrs. Fred Smith is receiving the best of medical care and attention. She talks in a rambling manner and knows not…
creator: Probably in the Rossville newspaper
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: April 1902
rights: Public domain
format: newspaper clipping

Railroad Tracks, Rossville, Kansas
description: These railroad tracks are pictured looking west at the bridge over Cross Creek in Rossville, Kansas.
creator: Unknown
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: 1880
rights: Public domain
format: photograph

C.E. Cless' Ford Demonstrator
description: Pictured are Archie Cless, Carl Parr, and Irene Howard in possibly the first automobile seen in Rossville, Kansas. From the March 14, 1902, issue of the Rossville News, Mr. U. G. Stewart wrote, "Mr. George Burghart of the Burghart Cigar Company of Topeka was in our city Tuesday with the automobile. Several of our citizens took a ride in the vehicle, and we expect to see automobiles a common luxury among our people in the near future." Note: This picture was in the 1971 Centennial Booklet with the above information. We believe this information is in error. Notified by a local citizen, Daryl Dannefer, that the picture is a 1908 Ford Model T and has nothing to do with news article quoted in Centennial book, we did our research and agree with him.
creator: Unknown
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: ca. 1908
rights: Public domain
format: photograph

Willard Bridge Crossing the Kansas River, Kansas
description: This bridge is between Rossville and Willard, Kansas. The Rossville News of September 27, 1901, reports, “A force of men with teams and scrapers are putting the Rossville-Willard boulevard in fine shape. When complete this will be the ‘boulest’ road in the country.” The April 11, 1902, issue reports that the Willard bridge is completed except for final work on the approaches but it can be used. The 1903 flood of the Kaw River washed out the bridge and did considerable damage to the road. It was several years before this road was again usable. The bridge was again damaged with the flood of 1951 and rebuilt in 1954 to look like this picture.
creator: Unknown
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: ca. 1954-1970
rights: Public domain due to copyright expiration
format: photograph

Depot at Kingsville, Kansas
description: Southeast of Rossville, Kansas, (between Rossville and Silver Lake) stood the town of Kingsville which Andrew Wilson built and erected at his own expense: a depot (pictured), hotel, store, blacksmith shop, cattle yard, scales, and a stone school house. This picture was taken the same time as RCL0067.
creator: Unknown
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: ca. 1920-1960
rights: Public domain due to copyright expiration
format: photograph

Golden Belt Road, Kingsville, Kansas
description: Southeast of Rossville, Kansas, (between Rossville and Silver Lake) stood the town of Kingsville which Andrew Wilson built and erected at his own expense: a depot (pictured), hotel, store, blacksmith shop, cattle yard, scales, and a stone school house. In 1877 the Kansas Pacific Railroad advertised that “the quickest and safest route to all points east or west is the KPRR “Golden Belt Route.” This name was later applied to the highway that closely paralleled the railroad. This picture was taken the same time as RCL0066.
creator: Unknown
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: ca. 1910-1950
rights: Public domain due to copyright expiration
format: photograph

Dr. and Mrs. Henry H. and Ella Wyatt Miller in automobile, Rossville, Kansas
description: This car is one of the first ones purchased in Rossville, Kansas. It was a 20 HP "Aurora" Runabout owned by Dr. H.H. and Ella Wyatt Miller. The house in the picture no longer exists due to a fire in 1989. It was located at the present site of 304 Main Street.
creator: Unknown
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: 1914
rights: Public domain
format: photograph

Construction of the Willard bridge, Willard, Kansas
description: This bridge is between Willard and Rossville, Kansas. The Rossville News of September 27, 1901, reports, “A force of men with teams and scrapers are putting the Rossville-Willard boulevard in fine shape. When complete this will be the ‘boulest’ road in the country.” The April 11, 1902 issue reports that the Willard bridge is completed except for final work on the approaches but it can be used. The 1903 flood of the Kaw River washed out the bridge and did considerable damage to the road. It was several years before this road was again usable.
creator: Unknown
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: 1902
rights: Public domain
format: photograph

Grace Eversole Hartzell and Edna Hartzell Salley in a buggy, Rossville, Kansas
description: Mrs. Grace Eversole Hartzell and Mrs. Edna Hartzell Salley travelled in a one-horse open buggy together.
creator: Unknown
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: ca. 1906-1930
rights: Public domain due to copyright expiration
format: photograph

Willard Bridge Crossing the Kansas River, Kansas
description: The Willard bridge crosses the Kansas River, connecting Willard to Rossville, Kansas. Laverne Zlatnik believes this photo may be what remained after the 1951 flood.
creator: Unknown
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: ca. 1903-1951
format: photograph