117 10 1856 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baldwin City Public Library Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oakwood Cemetery 400 Blk Orange Street Baldwin City, Ks 66006 Subject The topic of the resource A site was selected for Oakwood and named in 1870. The cemetery occupies three acres and can be expanded to a total of 33. It is administered by the Baldwin City Cemetery company chartered June 17, 1879. Many stones and remains were moved from the earlier Pioneer cemetery to Oakwood. A register for Oakwood was compiled in 1911 and a plot map prepared in 1977 The south gateway was constructed in 1940; the east entrance in 1944. A pergola was built in1975. Description An account of the resource See topic. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dale Nimz, photographer Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Baldwin City Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall, 1988 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tombstone Census of Douglas County DCGS (1987) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Language A language of the resource English http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/777014d0cd607050bc1c093a32c3dd47.jpg c4e288a7c9fb142fd297948b1ba7277d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Businesses Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oil Pull Tractor Advertisement, 1922, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource Rumley Oil Pull Tractor [logo] [inset] Triple Heat Control A gallon of cheap kerosene contains more power than a gallon of high priced gasoline. Triple Heat Control is a scientific system of motor cooling by means of which the Oil Pull gets the power out. The Oil Pull is Built for Belt Work The Oil Pull never overheats--never freezes. This is one of many wonderful results of Triple Heat Control. In Belt Work it insures lowest fuel cost, no lost power, no lost time, no cracked cylinders, no damaged radiators. Oil Pull Tractor "The Cheapest Farm Power" The Oil Pull is especially suited for belt jobs. Due to sensitive governor, it delivers an even flow of power regardless of changing loads. Operator can line up, back into belt, start and stop belt without leaving his seat. Patented front axle shifting device gives ample belt clearance. Operator has clear vision. Prices are right. Come in. Let us give you the complete proposition. Demonstrator on display at Motor Inn A.L. Ruff, Dealer, Rossville Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1922 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper advertisement Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0512 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/f06e2ab732767050e6cc3bfbb20d3628.jpg beea6f32b181691b6f05fd1aced0bd5b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Agricultural History Subject The topic of the resource Farming/Ranching Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Community Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rossville Centennial Booklet, 1971 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain due to copyright expiration. Original narrative content by RCL is available for use by public. Description An account of the resource Rossville is fortunately situated in many ways—we are near a large city, Topeka, but far enough away to retain our own identity; we can be considered a bedroom community to Topeka since so many residents commute to work to the larger city; we are just north of the Kansas River and enjoy the fertile “Kaw River Valley,” which has benefited agriculture in our community since its very beginnings. From the early days, Rossville Township was blessed with fertile creek and river-bottom land, combined with the upland, which consisted of bluestem grass. The early settlers broke and cleared the bottom lands and part of the upland prairie. The settlers of the 1860-70s began farming and found the soil fertile and productive. However, the task of clearing the timberland and breaking prairie sod must have seemed insurmountable. Corn and wheat, the main crops, and cattle, hogs and other livestock-raising, became the basic agriculture of Rossville township. Many of these early farmers came to Kansas seeking land. They traveled by ox cart and wagon before the railroad went through, following the Oregon and other trails. Settlers bought land from the Santa Fe Railroad or from members of the Citizen Potawatomi Band, who were selling their allotment land. The first mention of early agriculture in Rossville comes from Dr. Gabbey’s account, written in 1886: “The Pottawatomi as a tribe never took kindly to agriculture, four or five acres in corn was a large field. Their fields were usually cleared up from the edge of the timber along the streams, as the Indian had little use for the Prairie kind.” One account gives the cost of prairie in the early days from $2.50 to $4.00 per acre. Lumber was worth from $25.00 to $39.00 dollars per thousand feet. Oxen cost $100.00 a yoke, mules from $100.00 to $200.00, horses $75.00 to $150.00, sheep $2.00 a head and chickens 25¢ each. Masons and carpenters received $2.00 to $3.00 per day in wages. Wheat was worth $1.50 per bushel and flour $4.50 per hundred pounds. From newspapers of 1877: “New corn brought in for shipment is getting 18¢ to 20¢ and corn huskers have been in demand at $1.00 per day and board; 2.5¢ per bushel thrown on the ground or 3.5¢ in the crib.” “Mr. Lambert James, a farmer living a few miles west of town has this season manufactured 1,500 gallon of sorghum molasses, which he readily disposed of at 50¢ per gallon.” But challenges persisted for early settlers. Although this was an extremely desirable area for agriculture and the raising of livestock, it was not possible for the early settlers to procure manufactured goods from the East without paying an extremely high freight bill. It was also impossible to ship their grain and produce economically. River freight was tried but the Kaw River often times did not have enough water to make shipping dependable so the answer to this problem was the railroad. Rossville’s answer came May 18, 1866, when the first train passed through the town. Corn was the main crop and early editors gave much space extolling its excellence. Corn cribs were numerous along the south side of the railroad tracks and on the east side of north Main. A water powered grist mill was located on Cross Creek north of town. Mulvane Bros. built a steam powered mill south of the railroad tracks. One of the earliest farmers was Henry Ford, who acquired 80 acres southwest of Rossville in 1864. His wife was the former Mary Nadeau, who came to Rossville from Indiana in 1862. Henry Ford came to Kansas in 1863 and was a stage coach driver for the Overland Stage Company between Topeka and Manhattan. He met his wife at “Buttermilk Station” where she worked for her brother, Big Alex Nadeau. While working to clear their land of timber and build a log house, they lived in one room of a three room house, west of Cross Creek, north of the old Oregon and California trails. The other two rooms were occupied by Dr. and Mrs. R.S. Gabbey and Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Higginbotham. After the Fords moved into their log cabin, Mrs. Ford often rode horseback nine miles with her baby to the mission in St. Marys. The first flowers she had to plant by the cabin were given to her by the nuns at the Mission. Another early farmer, John DeGraff settled south of Rossville in 1865. He and his wife, the former Frances Navarre, lived in a small dugout until their house was built. The following is a list of early farmers: Name | Year to Rossville | Origin Archibald Abbott 1870 Kingston, Canada West Joseph Andrews Westmoreland County, Pa. W. Thomas Andrews 1879 McKay, Ohio Joseph Beseau 1875 Monroe County, Michigan John A. Bond 1872 Tyler County, W. Virginia William Bond 1873 Tyler County, W. Virginia John DeGraff 1865 James DeVinney 1880 Ross County, Ohio Benjamin Franklin 1869 Ross County, Ohio John Fritz 1877 Somerset County, Pa. Martin Hass 1877 Richland County, Ohio Henry Kassabaum 1877 Brookmell, Prussia T.J. Kiernan 1868 Elzey E. Kinsey 1877 Ohio Henry Lipp 1868 South Germany Isaac McCollough 1873 Holmes County, Ohio R. McCollough 1878 Holmes County, Ohio Michael O’halaron 1880 Samuel Oldfield 1878 Derbyshire, England S.J. Oliver 1876 Edward Partelow 1868 Newport, Kentucky Thomas L. Ross 1882 Cincinnati, Ohio M.M. Standley 1874 Carroll County, Indiana Bennett Swearingen 1868 Meigs County, Ohio Isaac B. Trostel 1877 Perry County, Pa. Frank Van Vleck 1878 William Wax 1878 Juniata County, Pa. Daniel Wilt 1876 York County, Pa. Henry York 1869 Zurich, Switzerland Peter H. Zickefoose 1874 Highland County, W. Virginia Samuel Beals 1867 E.S. Doud 1869 W.L. James Wm. Kirkpatrick 1871 Frank L. Sanders John Heslet Noel Graves W.W. Janes J.K. Conley 1870 Yates County, New York Startup, Ab Thomas Attebury 1877 George Hejtmanek 1880 Wisowitz, Moravia, Austria D. Hartzell 1872 Francis E. Williams 1876 New York Captain John Gutshall Col. A.S. Stanley 1880 Meigs Co., Ohio Martin Nason 1872 Jos. Van Vleck 1878 M.L. Cless 1876 B.W. Higginbotham 1861 Thomas Moss 1877 J.M. Parr Clay Co. Indiana J.A. Parr Clay Co. Indiana H.W. Lipp 1878 Illinois Samuel B. Zickefoose 1869 West Virginia Mrs. Jane Jackson 1875 Scotland Photo A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oil well, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource An oil well located about three miles north of Rossville, Kansas. It did not hit oil. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ca. 1930-1940 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain due to copyright expiration Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0123 Kansas Memory Project http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/2f9bc41345620e6f6f976840d0f816d5.pdf 7fd42f854525fe9b5111146623d00c8f Photo A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old Automobile Photo Subject The topic of the resource 1910 truck Description An account of the resource Photo of man standing beside old truck Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Winchester Public Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Winchester Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Not documented but possibly 1920s or 1930s Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Unk Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph 5 by 7 inches Type The nature or genre of the resource Vintage automobile Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WPL-10 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/fa2c3b5a34099a484dec5a5b1368b036.jpg b1ec3c00f190b436e5861642e23c9450 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/59a0246da9037d8a407814f88cb51606.jpg df20432de21221b72c64df3ec38ba7ca Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baldwin City Public Library Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old Baldwin High School http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/a5cee01877a9a8f9bc775e7a8542d6fe.jpg fddd13ce66190bcbf85dc43df66b617f http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/c70ce195c31d53a00bb65e32e8f5808a.jpg 4b4f296a4352bebbad4c7a8df8bdcb76 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baldwin City Public Library Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old Baldwin High School Gymnasium Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baldwin City Public Library Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old Bishop Quayle farm SE4 NW427-14-20 Subject The topic of the resource This farm house is significant as the property of Bishop William A. Quayle (See also B352). Quayle graduated from Baker University in 1885 and became president in 1890. He left in 1894 to become pastor of a Kansas City church. Quayle was named a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1908. Quayle was recorded as the owner of this property from c. 1902 until his death in 1925. Description An account of the resource Farm residence, rectangle with central entrance, two stories, wood frame construction, stone foundation (parged), sidegable roof. Gable entry on brackets, 1/1 wooden double-hung windows, nine-light glazed wooden entrance door. Substantially altered--modern siding, one story rear gable addition, exterior brick chimney E. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dale Nimz,photographer Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Baldwin City Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Winter 1988 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ebright History of Baker University (1951) Standard Atlas (1902, 1921) Language A language of the resource English http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/913b73175db5aae398cf074cb7c3c8c1.pdf c501e68357d68647295e1506c22a0901 Photo A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old Hardware Store Subject The topic of the resource Photo of old hardware store Description An account of the resource Old hardware store at northwest corner of winchester and 3rd streets Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Winchester Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Not stated Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 5 by 7 photo Type The nature or genre of the resource adobe file Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WPL-43 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/001b96e228d324c220d60a6790f2bca7.jpg a0c2f4a6ef972255fbb53b060b15be41 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Transportation and Accidents History Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old Highway Bridge torn down, 1984, Rossville, Kansas Subject The topic of the resource Bridges Description An account of the resource The wrecking crew is dismantling the old highway bridge at the west edge of Rossville. The historic structure has been blocked off from use for some time. --Photo by Letitia Hubbard Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource St. Marys Star, St. Marys, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library, Rossville, Kansas used with permission Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 26, 1984 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0421 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baldwin City Public Library Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old Post Office 719 8th Street Baldwin City, Ks 66006 Subject The topic of the resource It appears that this building was constructed after John Moorhead bought the property from J.G. Schnebly in 1892. The valuation increased from $200.00 to $575.00 in 1893. The building was a post office and office with a printing shop in the rear and a hall on the second floor. The post office was located here until after 1927. When the building was illustrated in the 1908 Souvenir, it had a Romanesque rather than the present classical facade. Description An account of the resource Commercial block in row, rectangle with recessed central entrance, two stories, three first floor bays and two second floor bays., brick front with rubble stone sidewalls, flat roof and parapet. Second floor facade has recessed tan brick panels with ornamental header courses framing window openings, carved stone capitals ornament the cornice ends, stone blocks ornament the eave cornice. Storefront altered with wood frame and plywood modern display windows and entrance door. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dale Nimz, photographer Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Baldwin City Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1988 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sanborn maps, 1893-1928 County assessment records, 1886-1928 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Language A language of the resource English