128 10 1856 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/8ef8a33f474e63c082ee485af4bc5446.jpeg e50e8de2d0471006800c03a670f9c191 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 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 1958 4-H County Party, Donation, Township Representatives, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource Let it Snow…—Reporter Photo January 9, 1958 Youths attending the 4-H county-wide party here on December 30 weren't in the least concerned with the weather outside. Although the first snow of the season fell that night with a freezing rain the community center was a center of action. Here the county 4-H members of all ages join in the dancing that followed the meeting. Township Representatives March 1958 An important advisory group to the Shawnee County 4-H program is the 4-H Township Representatives pictured above. This group meets 3 to 4 times a year to plan and promote the Shawnee County 4-H Program. Pictured above are: L to R, Mrs.Dana Priddy, Menoken; Mrs. Vestal Jordan, Grove; Roy Engler, Mission; Mrs. Jim Whitten, Auburn; Mrs. Scott Kelsey, Rossville; Mrs. Bernard Barr, Dover; Mrs. Glenn Redmond, Tecumseh; (substituting for Mr. Redmond); Herbert Holiday, Jr., Monmouth; and Carl Williams, Topeka. Not pictured are: Darrell Roach, Topeka City; Eugene Raab, Soldier; Claude Smith, Silver Lake; Joe Hill, Williamsport. Mrs. Bernard Barr is chairman of the group. Mrs. Jim Whitten, Mrs. Scott Kelsey, Jr., Mrs. Dana Priddy, and Mr. Darrell Roach are on the Shawnee County Extension Executive Board. ROSSVILLE 4-H NEWS by Linda Kelsey January 23, 1958 The Rossville Rustlers 4-H Club met Monday night, January 20, at the Community Building. The attendance was good despite the bad weather. Roll call was answered by a New Years Resolution. Three leaders announced project meetings. The girls who are taking Simple Desserts and Beverages or School Lunch and Picnic Basket will have a meeting after school at the Community Building. January 31. A sewing meeting for the advanced group will be held at Kelsey's home January 27 at 7:30 There will be a cooking meeting all day for the advanced cooking girls February 1 at the Community Building. The program consisted of a project talk by Carol Adams, foods demonstration on salad by Linda McCoy, Room Improvement demonstration on drawer dividers by Linda Kelsey and a Health Talk by Lois McCoy. 4-H'ers should be thinking about what they are going to do at 4-H Day. ROSSVILLE CLUB TAKES OVER MEMBERSHIP LEAD February 1958 With 59 enrollment cards into the County Office, the Rossville Club replaces last year's membership leader, Berryton, who is not in the top five this year. Still in contention for membership honors are: Wanamaker, 53; Shunga Valley, 45; Rochester, 41; and Kaw Hawks, 41. Final 1958 enrollment for Shawnee County 4-H boys and girls is March 15, all project changes must be made by that date. Total County membership this year has passed the 700 mark. Last year's enrollment was 839. THE ROSSVILLE REPORTER C. E. GRESSER GIVES DONATION TO ROSSVILLE 4-H March 20, 1958 Mr. C. E. Gresser's interest in Rossville 4-H Club is greatly appreciated and the club wishes to thank him for his nice donation. The money will be used to send two leaders to the 4-H Leaders Conference in Hutchinson, Kansas, April 15 to 17. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1958 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0671 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/50ce7ef859133427f0b998ff975c741f.jpeg 15f74448d592183d42b9e77ac7128cbc 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 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 1958-02-27 4-H Day, 4-H Week, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource Just what is 4-H Day? by Sharon Reser, Jr. Leader February 27, 1958 Maybe some of you new 4-H parents are wondering just what this "thing" 4-H Day that your 4-H boy or girl is talking about, really is. In explanation it is a day set aside yearly (usually in February or March) when the 4-H members from all over Shawnee County meet to give demonstrations, promotional talks, project talks, musical numbers, folk games, and one-act plays. Any 4-H club member may participate in the competition. Each entry is judged by an out of county agent who is assisted by a Manhattan College student. Each boy or girl who participates earns a ribbon, blue, red or white according to the judges discretion. Those who win top blue in demonstrations have an opportunity to compete in a run off whereby the best demonstration is selected to go to the Regional on March 22 at Baldwin College. Top blue plays and promotional talks, and folk games selected at County 4-H Day are the ones who participate at Regional. All in all it is a day of excitement, work and fun for 4-H boys and girls and their parents and any other interested parties who care to attend. Even though your 4-H child doesn't plan on an entry, it will be an education in 4-H if he or she attends. See you at Seaman high school Saturday, March 1. 4-H Day in limelight at Seaman by Sharon Reser, Reporter At the February 13, 1958, Shawnee County 4-H Council Meeting, the discussion on whether or not to divide the demonstrations at the 4-H Day into two age groups was voted on. The Council, after lengthy discussion voted to leave the demonstrations as is, due to the lack of demonstrations to be given by 4-H'ers over 14. Just as last year, each Community Leader will report the number of ribbons (blues, reds, and whites) that are required by the respective club to the Extension Office. They will then be sent to the leaders and distributed to the participating members. Clubs were selected to run the concession stand, but Rossville was not in the list. Regional 4-H Day will be held March 22 at Baldwin College. Each club should discuss and make a decision as to whether they feel a member should be allowed to enter more than one demonstration at 4-H Day next year. It was also discussed whether to combine club members on model meetings and instrumentals. This will help the Council to have a better 4-H Day next year. The 1957-58 membership for Shawnee County totals 728 members, 110 below last year. Four more members per club would bring this total up. Clubs should elect Round-up Delegates at April meeting. The Council decided to accept Dr. Lattimor's plan for a Rural Health Program. A committee of Mrs. Wooster, Penny Schade, Phillip DeDonder, and Lou Ann Theilman was appointed to work with the HDU and Dr. Lattimor on the project. It was voted to have a Spring Garden Show on June 9th. Members enrolled in Garden and Home Beautification would be eligible to participate. Shawnee County 4-H clubs still have $1130.00 to raise as their share in the fund to build the Williams Dining Hall at Rock Springs. The Council voted to continue paying $2.00 to the leader who was going to attend Adult Leaders Conference. The Council voted to accept the offer from the Rossville Reporter, and each club will be responsible for their own decision. Dates to remember: Deadline for Sears Garden contest entrants, March 10; Pick-up Sears Garden Seeds, March 13; Livestock and Dairy Judging School, March 19: Deadline for enrolling in 4-H for year 1958, March 15; Electric School, April 14. The program was given by Lawrence Benander, who told about his trip to National Club Congress. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February 27, 1958 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0672 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/12887de3f04666f00ebf9d9185d19ac7.jpeg 468f844c312a8a8d4200f88848d6786f 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 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 1958-04-17 4-H Community Leaders, Marvin & Irene Davis, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource Interest in boys & girls lead Davis’ in 4-H leadership by Linda Kelsey, 4-H Reporter April 17, 1958 A fondness for working with boys and girls is the reason Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Davis have for serving as community leaders of the Rossville Rustlers 4-H Club for six years. With the Davises, known as Irene and Marvin, guiding the club, it has grown to be the largest in the county, with sixty-five members. Through their years as leaders they have had many top winners at County 4-H Day, which have gone to Regional 4-H Day and been winners there too. Placings at the 4-H Fair show their work is worthwhile also. Last year, "1957", there was $600 in prize money in the county and Rossville 4-H'ers won one-sixth of this money. Irene was quick to say, "not any one person can take the credit, because it takes good project leaders, parents, and 4-H'ers." Marvin said, "A 4-H boy or girl becomes as good a 4-H member as his folks are a 4-H parent." The Davises say, "4-H is not only good for the boys and girls but it is good for the community." 4-H keeps boys and girls busy, is educational, teaches responsibility, teaches friendly competition, and also develops leadership. Rossville 4-H is always willing to do its share in community progressiveness. Irene relates a nice 4-H experience she had in 1953 when she chaperoned five girls to the National Dairy Congress in Waterloo, Iowa. Barbara Jones, then a member of Rossville 4-H, was one of the state winners to make this trip. Marvin had his first airplane ride as a result of a Rossville 4-H boy (James "Buzzy" McCoid) being state champion in Central Achievements. They were both flew to Lebanon, Kansas, where they watched a farm being rebuilt in a day. Marvin and Irene’s oldest son Roy D. was a 4-H member for seven years. Some of his achievements were a Regional 4-H Day winner at Emporia, was on a county Livestock Judging Team, county champion several times in the showing of various crops, Best Groomed Boy in 1953, and received state Who’s Who Key Award in 1953. Gene and Dean Davis are now in their sixth year of 4-H work. They were both on the county Livestock Judging Team and went to the Hutchinson State Fair last year. Gene was county champion in corn and Dean was county champion in field crops. They are also members of the County Who's Who. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have lived on the present farm eighteen years. Marvin has lived within two and one-half miles of Rossville all his life. They are now farming 600 acres, most of which is in corn, wheat, oats, and alfalfa. The Davis family was the first family to receive "The Balanced Farming Award" ten years ago. This year they received recognition at a Balanced Farming Luncheon for having "A Modern Home Suitable to the Needs of the Family". The Davises community work does not stop with 4-H. Marvin served on the Rossville Grade School Board for several years. He has been Vice-President and President of the Community Center organization, and has been Past Master of the Rossville Masonic Lodge. Irene and Marvin both are active in the Rossville Presbyterian Church. Reporter Photo Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Davis, Rossville 4-H Club leaders, read the 4-H Journal to gather tips and information relating to 4-H work and leadership. 4-H work with the Davises has become a family affair. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 17, 1958 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0673 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/3e49b00285c6b990eb8869979f2e67c6.jpeg 4ba019b803ae4d777a5c23ff1abd249d 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 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 1959 4-H Shawnee County Fair Results part 1, Meeting, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource Rossville Club Wins 5 Purple Ribbons Ribbons Galore at County 4-H Fair by Jane Zickefoose August 20, 1959 The hard work of the Rossville 4-H Club members really was rewarded at the Shawnee County 4-H Fair held August 12, 13. 14. Of the 371 entries of the club, they had 93 whites, 154 reds, 124 blues, and 5 purple ribbons. Rossville placed exceptionally well in the judging contests at the fair. A livestock judging team composed of Dean Davis, Gene Davis, and Sharon Davis placed first in the over fourteen group. Tim Lynde placed first individually in the over fourteen woodworking judging contest. In the home economics judging under fourteen, the team of LaVon Harper, Lillian Reser. and Virginia Rezac was second. Individually Virginia Rezac placed second. The team of Sharon Reser, Linda Kelsey and Jane Zickefoose placed first in the over fourteen home economics judging. Individually, Jane Zickefoose placed first. 'The following is a list of the members awards at the fair: Chocolate cup cakes - Connie Bahner, 1 W; Laverne 1 R; LaVon Harper, 1 R; Linda Kelsey, 1W, 3R; Charlotte Olejnik, 1R; Sharon Reser, 1B; Jane Zickefoose, 1B, 1R; Sandra Heiland, 1B, 1R; Sandra Macha, 1R; Susan Nadeau, 2B; Jane Parr, 2R; Penny Ray, 1R. Brownies - Diane Ewing, 1B; Diane Mitchell, 1W; Debra Patterson, 1B; Anna Sullivan, 1R. Drop cookies - Connie Bahner, 1R; Diane Ewing, 2R; Laverne Harper, 2R; LaVon Harper, 2R; Linda Kelsey, 2B; Diane Mitchell, 1B; Debra Patterson, 1W; Sharon Reser, 2B, 1 Purple; Anna Sullivan, 1B; Jane Zickefoose, 1B. Rolled Cookies - Diane Ewing, 2B; Laverne Harper, 1R; LaVon Harper, 1R; Linda Kelsey, 2R; Diane Mitchell, 1R; Debra Patterson, 1B; Anna Sullivan, 1B. Pies - Linda Kelsey, 1B; Sharon Reser, 2B. Bread and Rolls - (White Yeast) Lillian Reser, 2R; Jane Zickefoose, 1R. (Graham yeast) Lillian Reser, 2R. (Loaf White Yeast) Lillian Reser, 1R; Jane Zickefoose, 1R. (Loaf Graham Yeast) Lillian Reser, 1W, 2B, 1 Purple. Cakes - (Angel Food) Lillian Reser, 1R; Sandra Taylor, 1R. (Yellow Sponge) Lillian Reser, 1W; Sandra Taylor, 1R. (Loaf Choc.) Sharon Irwin, 1R; Virginia Rezac, 1R, 1B; Sandra Taylor, 1W; Shirley Taylor, 1W. (Layer Choc.) Carla Rasch, 1B; Sharon Reser, 1B; Sandra Taylor, 1W. (Loaf White) Sharon Irwin, 1W; Virginia Rezac, 1R, 1B; Sandra Taylor, 1W. (Layer White) Virginia Rezac, 1B; Sandra Taylor, 1W; Shirley Taylor, 1W. White Cupcakes - Diane Ewing, 1B; Linda Kelsey, 3R, 1B; Diana Mitchell, 1R; Debra Patterson, 1B; Sharon Reser, 1R; Anna Sullivan, 1R; LaVerne Harper, 1R; Sandra Heiland, 2R; Sandra Macha, 1B; Susan Nadeau, 1B, 1R; Jane Parr, 2R; Penny Ray, 1W; Jane Zickefoose, 1B. Loaf nut quick bread - Sharon Irwin, 1W; Virginia Rezac, 1R; Shirley Taylor, 1R, 1W. Loaf Fruit quick bread - Sharon Reser, 1R; Sandra Taylor, 1W. Gingerbread - Carolyn Gresser, 1B; Sandra Heiland, 1R; Sandra Macha, 1R; Susan Nadeau, 1R; Jane Parr, 2B, 1R; Penny Ray, 1W. Cereal Muffins - Carolyn Gresser, 1R; Sandra Heiland, 2B, 1 purple;. Sandra Macha, 1W; Jane Parr, 1B, 1R; Susan Nadeau, 1W. White muffins - Sandra Heiland, 2R: Sandra Macha, 1W, Susan Nadeau, 1W; Jane Parr, 1R, 1W. Fruit Muffins Sandra Heiland, 2B; Sandra Macha, 1B; Jane Parr, 2R. Biscuits - Sharon Irwin, 1W, 1R; Carla Rasch, 2B; Sandra Taylor, 4W; Lois McCoy, 1R; Lillian Reser, 2R; Jane Zickefoose, 1B. Canning - (Food for a meal) Lin-(Continued on Page 12) Shawnee County Reporter Thursday, July 23, 1959, Page 5 ROSSVILLE 4-H HAS REGULAR MEETING by Jane Zickefoose The 4-H Fair was the main business at the July meeting of the Rossville 4-H Club. Roll call was answered by "What I am Taking to the Fair." Mrs. Marvin Davis handed out the ribbons that were won at Regional 4-H Day. Gene Davis showed the plaque that the club won for having the most and best entries at the Garden and Flower Show which was held June 19 at the Mid-America Fair Grounds. After the plaque has been won three times by a club it will be theirs permanently. Lilly Reser passed out a red flag to each family to be used when moving farm vehicles. This is a safety project for the year. Mrs. Harold Reser announced an advanced foods meeting July 25 at her home starting at 9:00 a. m. There will be an advanced sewing meeting July 27 at 7:30 p. m. at the Harold Reser home. A home economics judging school will be held July 24 at 1:30 at the Community Center. Lois McCoy led the group in singing "Down in the Valley." Connie Bahner gave a talk on her sewing project. A foods demonstration on "Setting the Table" was given by Sandra Macha. "Methods of Removing Objects from Eyes and Ears" was the title of Lilly Reser's health demonstration. Diane Murray gave a music appreciation talk on her favorite recording artist, Ricky Nelson. A health talk on "Fatigue" was given by Diane Mitchell. Susan Nadeau gave a safety talk on "Bike Safety." For other program, June Murray played two numbers, "My Happiness" and "Guitar Boogie" on her guitar. Mr. Merle Eyestone visited the meeting and talked to the club on "Future 4-H Projects." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Shawnee County Reporter, Rossville, Kansas This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1959 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0674 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/b6fcbd7e782a48bc96fa08f86912467f.jpeg e5655251bab9ac8cff570255dec86657 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 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 1959 4-H Shawnee County Fair Results part 2, Meeting, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource SHAWNEE COUNTY REPORTER ROSSVILLE 4-H RIBBONS August 20, 1959 (Continued from Page 1) Linda Kelsey, 2B (State Fair); Sharon Reser, 2R. (vegetables) Linda Kelsey, 2B (State Fair); Sharon Reser, 2R. (Fruit) Linda Kelsey, 2B (State Fair); Sharon Reser, 2W. (Fruits for supper desserts) Linda Kelsey, 2B (State Fair); Sharon Reser, 2W. (Meats) Sharon Reser, 2B (State Fair). (Food for Breakfast) Linda Kelsey, 2B (State Fair); Sharon Reser, 2R; (Foods for School Lunch) Linda Kelsey, 1B, 1R. (Food for a meal - Freezing) Linda Kelsey, 2W; Sharon Reser, 1R, 1W. (Vegetables) Linda Kelsey, 1R, 1W; Sharon Reser, 1R, 1W. (Fruits for Salad) Sharon Reser, 2R; (Fruits for Desserts) Linda Kelsey, 1R, 1W; Sharon Reser, 2W. (Foods for School Lunch) Sharon Reser, 2R. Entomology - Douglas Kelsey, 1B. Colt - (Quarter Horse) Dean Davis, 1B; Gene Davis, 1B. (Breed of Mares) Dean Davis, 1B. (Colt born after Jan. 1) Sharon Davis, 1B; (Breed of Colt - Quarter Horse) Gene Davis, 1B. (Stock Horse Contest) Gene Davis, 1B; Sharon Davis, 1B. Garden Display - Top Blue Flowers - (Thimble full of Beauty) Douglas Kelsey, 1B, 1 Purple. (Any Perennial) Ray Harper, 1R; Douglas Kelsey, 2R. (Any Annual) Ray Harper, 1R, 1W; Doug Kelsey, 1R, 1W; Myles Preble, 2W; Lillian Reser, 1B, IR; Sandra Taylor, 1R, 2W. (A Tisket A Tasket) Douglas Kelsey, 1W. Crops and Garden - (Plate of 5 tomatoes) Ray Harper, 1R; Douglas Kelsey,. 1R; Jane Parr, 1R; Myles Preble, 1R. 1W; Lillian Reser, 1B, 1W. (Exhibit of 5 Different Vegetables) Ray Harper, 1B; Douglas Kelsey, 1B, 1R; Jane Parr, 1R; Myles Preble, 1B, 1R; Lillian Reser 1B. (10 ears yellow corn) Doug Kelsey. 1B; Albert Miller, 1R. (10 heads grain sorghum) Albert Miller, 1B. (10 heads sweet sorghum) Albert Miller, 1B. (Gal. of wheat) Gene Davis, 1R; Dean Davis, 1W; Albert Miller, 1W. (Gal. of Oats) Dean Davis, 1R; Gene Davis, 1R. (Bale of Hay) Dean Davis, 1R; Gene Davis, 1B. (Irish Cobblers) Doug. Kelsey, 1W; Jane Parr, 1W; Myles Preble, 1R, 1W. (Miscellaneous) Ray Harper, 2R; Doug. Kelsey, 1B, 1R; Jane Parr, 1B; Myles Preble, 1R; Lillian Reser, 1B, 1W. Blouse - Connie Bahner, 1R; Carolyn Gresser, State Fair Blue; La Von Harper, 2W; Amy Jones, 1W; Sandra. Macha, 1B; Diana Mitchell, 1R; Diane Murray, 1W, 1R; June Murray, 1W; Susan Nadeau, 2W; Charlotte Olejnik, 1R; Jane Parr, 1R, State Fair B; Debra Patterson, 1R; Penny Ray, 1W; Anna Sullivan, 1R; Shirley Taylor, 2W. Aprons - Connie Bahner, 1R; Carolyn Gresser, 1B; Sandra Macha, 1R; Diana Mitchell, 1R; Diane Murray, 1W; June Murray, 1W; Susan Nadeau, 1W; Charlotte Olejnik, 1B; Jane Parr, 1B; Penny Ray, 1W; Anna Sullivan, 1B; Shirley Taylor, 2R. Skirt - Connie Bahner, 1R; Carolyn Gresser, 1B; LaVon Harper. 1R; Amy Jones, 1W; Sandra Macha 1R; Diana Mitchell, 1R; Diane Murray, 1R; June Murray, 1R; Susan Nadeau, 1W; Charlotte Olejnik, 1R; Jane Parr, 2R; Debra Patterson, 1R; Penny Ray, 1W; Anna Sullivan, 1R; Shirley Taylor, 2R. Safety Notebook - Sharon Reser, 1 R. Darned Hose - Virginia Rezac, 2B. Mended Garment - Carla Rasch, 1R; Virginia Rezac, 1B, 1R. School Dress - Linda Kelsey, 1B; 1R; Lois McCoy, 1R; Lillian Reser, 1W, 1R. Sport or play - Lillian Reser, 2W. Party or Church - Linda Kelsey, 1R. Tailored Dress - Sharon Davis, 1W; Ruth Miller, 1W; Sharon Reser, 1R; Laura Stiles, 1W; Jane Zickefoose, 1B, 1R. Slips - LaVern Harper, 1R; Sharon Irwin, 1W; Carla Rasch, State Fair B; Virginia Rezac, 2B; Sandra Taylor, 1W. Wash Dress for School - LaVern Harper, 1W; Sharon Irwin, 1B, 1R; Carla Rasch, 1B, State Fair B; Virginia Rezac, 2B; Sandra Taylor, 2W Best Dress - Ruth Miller, 1W; Sharon Reser, 1W, 1R. Wool Garment - Sharon Reser, 1B, 1R; Laura Stiles, 1W; Ruth Miller, 1W; Zora Wade, 1W; Jane Zickefoose, 2B; Sharon Davis, 1R: Home Improvement - Sharon Davis. 1W, 1B; Linda Kelsey, 2 State Beef - Sharon Davis, 1R, 1B. Fair B, 1R, 3B; LaVern Harper, 1B. 4H CLUB NEWS ROSSVILLE 4-H INSTALLS OFFICERS by Linda Kelsey October 29, 1959 The officers for the coming year were installed by Laura Stiles and her committee, Diane Murray and Douglas Kelsey. With the new officers taking over their duties this was the following program; Lillian Reser gave a very good Council report; Sharon Irwin gave a very informative project talk on "Clothing"; a very good talk on Jr. Leadership by Laura Stiles; Gene Davis gave an interesting demonstration On Selection of Corn for Exhibits; a safety talk by Carolyn Gresser was well given; Diane Murray gave a Music appreciation talk; Mary Brethour from the Maple Hill 4-H Club played a piano solo which we all enjoyed. Recreation was led by Jane Zickefoose. Meeting adjourned. Refreshments were served by Jones, Stiles and Tullers. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Shawnee County Reporter, Rossville, Kansas This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1959 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0675 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/6df4f4a59cea45f3b242a81f9451adf0.jpeg 77b78f598a07d696b0388f24f6b92ce2 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 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 1959 4-H Flower & Garden Show, Meetings, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource WIN RIBBONS AT FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW by Jane Zickefoose June 25, 1959 Rossville 4-H Club was well represented at the Spring Flower and Garden Show Friday, June 19. As a whole, the club won 34 blue ribbons, 26 red ribbons and 14 white ribbons with a total of 74 entries. Individual winnings were as follows: Lilly Reser, peas, 2 blues, beans, 1 red and 1 blue, beets, 1 red and 1 blue, onions, 2 blues, lettuce, 1 blue and 1 red, spinach, 2 blues, and rhubarb, 1 blue; Jane Parr, peas, 1 red, beans, 1 red, beets, 1 red, onions, 1 white, lettuce, 1 blue, cabbage, 2 red, and potatoes, 1 red; Ray Harper, peas, 1 red, beans, 1 red, onions, 2 blues, and potatoes, 1 blue; Shirley Taylor, beans, 1 red, radishes, 2 white, onions, 2 red, and lettuce, 2 white; Douglas Kelsey, beans, 2 blues, beets, 1 red, carrots, 1 red, onions, 2 blues, lettuce, 1 blue, and 1 red, spinach, 1 blue, cabbage, 2 blues, asparagus, 1 blue, squash, 1 blue, and potatoes, 1 red; Sandra Taylor, beans, 1 red, radishes, 2 whites, onions, 2 reds, and lettuce, 2 white, Myles Preble, radishes, 1 blue, beets, 1 blue, carrots, 1 red, onions, 1 blue, lettuce, 1 blue, and pota¬toes, 1 red; Sharon Reser, place settings, 2 blues, flowers, 1 red and white, and corsages, 1 blue and 1 white; Linda Kelsey, place settings, 2 blues, flowers, 2 reds, and corsages, 1 white. Thursday, June 18, 1959 Page 8 ADVANCED 4-H FOODS GIRLS MEET by Sharon Reser, Jr. Leader June 18, 1959 The Advanced 4-H foods girls met Thursday, June 11, at the home of their foods leader for their 2nd meeting. Products made by using the Master Mix were made and baked. Lillian Reser made a Master Mix and the following items were baked: Orange-raisin cake by Sharon Irwin; coffee cake by Linda Kelsey and Jane Zickefoose; corn bread by Carol Adams; cheese biscuits by Donna Reser. The girls ate their bakings for lunch. Attending were Sandy Taylor, Carla Rasch, Carol Adams, Linda Kelsey, Virginia Rezac, Donna Reser, Sharon Irwin, Jane Zickefoose, and Sharon Reser. At a previous meeting held in May, lesson materials and recipes were handed out. Demonstrations were given by the following: "How to Polish Silverware" by Jane Zickefoose; "Proper Table Setting" by Linda Kelsey; "How to Make an Attractive Relish Plate" by Carla Rasch; and "Bouquets for Table Centerpieces" by Sharon Reser. Girls interested in meat cutting and identification will go to the Woody Locker plant at St. Marys soon to watch an experienced meat cutter cut up a beef. The Sandy Hook club girls interested in meat identification will join us at this demonstration. SHAWNEE COUNTY REPORTER CLUB NEWS 4-H SEWING MEMBERS DISCUSS "ACCESSORIES" by Jane Zickefoose July 30, 1959 "Accessories" was the main topic at the advanced sewing meeting Monday, July 27. The meeting was held at the Scott Kelsey home. Roll call, "What I am Wearing in the Style Show", was answered by eight girls. Mrs. Rasch also showed how to achieve a perfectly pointed collar and an easy way to attach a cuff. Rossville 4-H Club will hold its own style show August 4 at the Christian Church at 7:30 p. m. This meeting will be for all girls enrolled in a clothing project who plan to model in the county style show. The girls should bring or come dressed in what they plan to model. JUDGING SCHOOL HELD by Jane Zickefoose Twenty girls and seven leaders and parents were on hand to learn tips on judging at the home economics judging school held July 24 at the Community Center. The girls who attended the district judging school at Lawrence set up the school and borrowed a packet of judging material from the County Extension Office. Some of the club's project leaders also set up classes for the school. The classes judged were Canning Peaches, Mixing Utensils, Interior Design, Freezing Containers, Pillow Cases, Closet Storage, Sleeves, Measuring Cups, Color, and Apron Design. The purpose of the school was to help the younger girls become acquainted with the judging and prepare all the girls for the county contest. SHAWNEE COUNTY REPORTER ROSSVILLE 4-H ELECTS OFFICERS by Linda Kelsey September 24, 1959 The September meeting of the Rossville Rustlers was held Monday evening in the Community Center. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. The main business of the evening was the election of officers. The following members were elected to office: Sr. Officers - President, Dean Davis; Vice President, Carla Rasch; Secretary, Lois McCoy; Treasurer, Douglas Kelsey; Reporter, Linda Kelsey; Council Members, Lillian Reser and Myles Preble; Song Leader, Sandra Taylor; Pianist, Carol Adams; Recreation Leader, Jane Zickefoose; Parliamentarian. Sharon Reser. Jr. Officers - President, Zora Wade; Vice President, Shirley Taylor; Secretary, Carolyn Gresser; Treasurer, Jane Parr; Reporter, Laura Stiles; Council Members, Sandra Heiland and Ray Harper; Pianist, LaVon Harper; Recreation Leader, Deborah Patterson; Parliamentarian, Amy Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Davis distributed $171.00 in prize money won by Rossville members at the Shawnee County Fair. The program was as follows: Project talk by Lois McCoy; demonstration "The Proper Care of a Hammer" by Daniel Gee; demonstration "Framing a picture" by LaVon Harper; "Safety with Thursday, Sept. 24, 1959 Page 12 Electricity" by Anna Sullivan; conservation talk "Caring for the soil" by Myles Preble; health talk on "Teeth" by Diane Ewing. Barton Larson played two numbers on his electric guitar. LaVon and La Verne Harper put on a baton twirling act. The meeting adjourned and recreation and refreshments followed. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Shawnee County Reporter, Rossville, Kansas This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. 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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 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 1959-11-26 4-H Shawnee County Achievement Party, Meeting, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource Rossville 4-H has 11 County Champs by Linda Kelsey November 26, 1959 The annual Shawnee County 4-H Achievement Party was held November 21 at the Municipal Auditorium. The Agricultural Service Division of the Topeka Chamber of Commerce sponsored the party. The following are the achievements of Rossville members.: Diane Ewing, lst in Simple Desserts and Beverages; Carolyn Gresser, 2nd in School Lunch and Picnic Basket; Sandy Taylor, 4th in Helping with Supper; Carla Rasch, 2nd in Well Dressed for School; Jane Parr, 1st in Learning to Sew; Debrah Patterson, 4th in Learning to Sew; Lillian Reser, 3rd in Planning a Wardrobe, 1st in Helping with Supper; Virginia Rezac, 2nd in Well Dressed for School, 2nd in Helping with Supper; Sharon Davis, 4th in Mare or Colt, 2nd in Home Improvement; Gene Davis, 3rd in Corn, 3rd in Wheat, 3rd in Colt or Mare, 1st in Judging (Agriculture). Dean Davis, County Champion in Legumes, County Champion in Colt, 4th in Corn 2nd in Wheat, 1st in Judging (Agriculture); Jane Zickefoose, County Champion In Newswriting, 2nd in Advanced Clothing, and 1st in Judging (Home Economics); Timothy Lynde, County Champion in Electricity; Doug Kelsey, County Champion in Tractor Maintenance, County Champion in Entomology, 2nd in Corn, 1st in Garden, 4th in Home Beautification; Sharon Reser, County Champion in Canning, Frozen Foods, Project Achievement, and Safety, 3rd in Health, 4th in Demonstrations, 1st in Jr. Leadership, 2nd in It's Dinner Time, 1st in Food Preservation, received State Who's Who Key Award; Linda Kelsey, State recognition in Home Improvement (Trip to American Royal 4-H Conference), County Sears Home Improvement Winner, County 4-H Home Improvement Champion, County Champion in Food Preparation, 1st in Food Preservation, 4th in County Secretary, and received Silver Pin Guard. The Rossville Rustlers Club received a Blue Seal, 3rd in the clubs with the highest enrollment and the plaque for the 4-H Flower and Garden Show. ROSSVILLE 4-H MEETS by Linda Kelsey November 26, 1959 The regular monthly meeting of the Rossville Rustlers 4-H Club was held Monday evening, November 16. The meeting opened with a song. Mrs. Scott Kelsey, community leader, gave out checks to the members who had entries in the State Fair at Hutchinson. Carla Rasch, vice-president, announced the following program: Sandra Heiland gave an interesting talk on her foods project; Carla Rasch gave a project talk on Clothing, Linda Kelsey told about her trip to the American Royal 4-H Conference in Kansas City; Diane Ewing gave a music appreciation talk on Beethoven and then played the recording of “Contra Dance"; Ray Harper gave a Conservation talk; for other program, Lois McCoy had Jane Zickefoose, Zora Wade, and Laura Stiles, show slides of their trip with the Who's Who group to New Orleans. Refreshments of cider and donuts followed the meeting. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Shawnee County Reporter, Rossville, Kansas This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 26, 1959 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0677 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/bd043aa025fae053d29ae859e5ca254a.jpeg 1e94498bb0a527af3f24b01930e9e19a 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 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 1959 4-H Rock Springs Ranch Camp, County & State Fair, Meetings, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource June 18, 1959 Shawnee County 4-H’ers attended camp at Rock Springs Ranch, State 4-H Center, June 7-10. Attending from Rossville 4-H were (back row) Linda Kelsey, Carol Adams, Carla Rasch, and Sandy Taylor. This camp session was for 4-H’ers of 14 years or older. 4-H’ers from Franklin, Leavenworth, Douglas, Johnson, Jackson, Osage, Douglas, Jefferson, Anderson, Wyandotte, Miami and Coffey counties were also represented at the camp session. Shawnee county 4-H’ers under the age of 14 will camp at Rock Springs June 21-24. July 2, 1959 Shawnee county 4-H'ers under the age of 14 camped at Rock Springs Ranch June 21. There were also 4-H'ers from Brown, Johnson, Doniphan and Douglas counties who camped at this time. Nine 4-H'ers from Shawnee county.who were elected as group leaders at Rock Springs are pictured. They are Jim Miller Bob Howell, Karen Carlin Sherry Kelly, Cheryl Hiller, Charlotte Schell, Billy Ciskey, Ronnie Conroy and Susan Nadeau. Three of the group pictured are Douglas county 4-H’ers and two are from Johnson county. August 13, 1959 The 4-H Fair is in full swing and Rossville Club is collecting first place ribbons. The Garden Booth under the leadership of Mrs. Ethelyn Lynde won a first again this year. The livestock judging team composed of Gene and Dean Davis and Sharon Davsi [sic Davis] was also a first place winner. These were only two of Rossville's high winnings at the end of the first day of the fair. ROSSVILLE 4-H CLUB MEETS by Jane Zickefoose Rossville Rustlers 4-H Club held their regular monthly meeting at the Community Center August 17 at 8:00 p. m. Roll call was answered by "What I Learned in 4-H". Every member of the club turned in a record book at the meeting. The program was as follows; Jant [sic Janet] Parr gave a project talk. Donna Reser gave a demonstration on Lawn Mower Safety. Debrah Patterson gave a safety talk on "Have Fun on a Bicycle." Charlotte Olejnik played two accordion numbers "Rangers' March" and "Sail Along Silvery Moon". Refreshments were served by the Stiles, Harper and Miller families. WINS IN WOODWORKING August 27, 1959 Tim Lynde, who it was reported won a top award for woodworking judging at the 4-H Fair, did not compete in the judging. But he won a top blue on a piece of woodworking exhibited at the fair in the over 14 years division. He also received a red ribbon on another refinished piece and one white ribbon. SIX ROSSVILLE 4-Hers TO STATE FAIR September 24, 1959 Six members from Rossville 4-H Club participated as judging teams representing Shawnee County at the State Fair in Hutchinson this week. Sharon Reser and Linda Kelsey were on the "Meats" judging team Monday morning; Linda Kelsey "Home Improvements" team on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Jane Zickefoose participated on the "Clothing" teams; Dean and Gene Davis on the "Livestock" teams; Douglas Kelsey on the "Crops" team. Rossville also had a number of exhibits entered at the State Fair. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Shawnee County Reporter, Rossville, Kansas This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1959 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0678 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/0dbb24e71d47d6a272c4d2518ac2a186.jpeg 8db44b86d5ea1590ad14b85b77b2427d 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 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 1959 4-H Judging School, Parents Night, Meetings, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource ROSSVILLE 4-H MEMBERS ATTEND JUDGING SCHOOL by Jane Zickefoose April 30, 1959 Sharon Davis. Zora Wade and Jane Zickefoose attended a 4-H Home Economics Judging School at Lawrence, Kansas, Saturday, April 25. The girls judged seven classes and practiced using the written reason sheet. In the afternoon the girls enjoyed a style show featuring the latest spring and summer fashions. These Junior Leaders are expected to teach what they've learned to the younger members of the club. Three girls from each club in Shawnee County were invited to attend the school. Johnson, Franklin. Douglas and Wyandotte Counties also participated at this school. ROSSVILLE 4-H CLUB NEWS by Jane Zickefoose January 29, 1959 Rossville 4-H Club held its regular meeting January 19. Roll call was answered by an interesting fact about Alaska. It was announced that a Foreology I meeting will be held January 28 in the Kansas State Teachers Assn. Bldg. Also, the next regular 4-H Club meeting will be judged as a model meeting. The club voted to have the members drinking water checked as our health project this year. Project leaders for the year are as follows: Woodworking, Mr. Jack Patterson; Home Beautification, Mr. and Mrs. Walt Preble; Home Improvement, Mrs. Howard French and Mrs. Scott Kelsey; Livestock, Mr. Gerald Reser; Tractor Maintenance and Entomology, Mr. Scott Kelsey; Beginners Clothing, Mrs. Francis Davis and Mrs. Harley Hieland; Beginners Foods, Mrs. Joe Gresser; Advanced Foods, Mrs. Harold Reser and Mrs. Gerald Reser; and Advanced Clothing, Mrs. M. C. Rasch and Mrs. Frederic Zickefoose. The program was as follows: a song, "America the Beautiful” led by Lois McCoy; a home improvement demonstration on "How to Make Your Furniture Gleam Again" by Linda Kelsey; a health demonstration on" How to Use Simple Bandages" by Ginger Shannon; music appreciation" on "Barney Kessel" by Amy Jones; and Penny Rae gave a safety talk entitled "Safety With Electrical Appliances". ROSSVILLE 4-H CLUB by Jane Zicktfoose May 21, 1959 The May meeting of the Rossville 4-H Club was held May 18 at the Community Center. Annette Biswell, junior president, called the meeting to order. The Junior officers presided. Mrs. Marvin Davis passed out ribbons the club members won 4-H Day. The program consisted of the following: project talk on clothing, Laura Stiles; demonstration on entomology by Douglas Kelsey; demonstration on clothing, Carla Rasch; music appreciation on Mendelssohn, Carol Adams; health talk on the heart, Shirley Taylor; vocal duet by Sandra Taylor and Lilly Reser accompanied by Carol Adams and Sharon Davis led the club in recreation. An advanced sewing meeting will be held .May 25 at Donice Davis's starting at 7:30 p.m. ROSSVILLE 4-H INITIATES NEW MEMBERS by Jane Zickefoose February 19, 1959 Rossville 4-H held its regular monthly meeting February 16. Roll call was answered by a fact about Abraham Lincoln or George Washington. Eight new members were initiated into the club. Those initiated were Anna Sullivan, Diana Mitchell. Diane Ewing, Miles Preble, Linda Parr, Charlotte Olejnik, Connie Bahner and Debrah Patterson. 4-H JUDGING SCHOOL FRIDAY July 23, 1959 A,home economics judging school will be held in Rossville Friday, July 24, at 1:30 p. m. in the Community Center. The program consisted of the following: a foods project talk by Carolyn Gresser, a music appreciation talk on Elvis Presley by Annette Biswell, a health talk giving some rules of good health by Artie Campbell, a safety demonstration on artificial respiration by Sharon Reser, a home improvement demonstration on decorations with driftwood by Sharon Davis and for other program Albert Miller asked Linda Kelsey to play a number on her accordion. She played "My Happiness." Sharon Davis led the club in two games for recreation. Rossville 4-H Club was happy to have Yvonne Bowen, Don Conroy and Sue Eslinger, 4-H'ers from other clubs, present to judge our meeting. SHAWNEE COUNTY REPORTER Thursday, March 19, 1959 Page 10 CLUB NEWS ROSSVILLE 4-H HAS PARENTS NIGHT by Mrs. Christina Zickefoose The regular meeting of the Rossville 4-H Club was held March 16. Since it was Parents Night, the mothers of the officers presided at the meeting. Irene Davis called the meeting to order and Faye Kelsey acted as secretary. Roll call was answered by "Your Ambition in Life." The following announcements of meetings were made: a Learning to Sew meeting after school March 23, a Gardening meeting after school March 19, a Woodworking meeting at 7:30 p.m. March 20, an Advanced Sewing meeting Monday, March 23, at Elsie Rasch's home at 7:30 p.m. The program for the evening was as follows: a song, "America the Beautiful," led by Mrs. Donice Davis; a project talk entitled "My Childs Project" by Mrs. Wanda Parr; a foods demonstration, "Hav-a-banana," by Mrs. Letha Reser; a music appreciation talk on Chamber music by Mrs. Ellie Jones; a safety talk on fire by Mrs. Elsie Rasch; a health talk on poisons by Mrs. Donice Reser; a Conservation talk an the use of the Chinese Rose by Mr. Scott Kelsey; and for other program, Mrs. Dollie Heiland asked Carolyn and Beverly Davis and Sandra Heiland to play an accordion trio. Donice Davis led the recreation with balloon popping. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Shawnee County Reporter, Rossville, Kansas This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1959 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0679 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/ecaf506f07e52961412c100f1108e657.mp3 1c4f5ae4d1b1c1fdf846b68ce9e6fdf9 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/1e32c892f945c5a47edb8922ab4514c3.mp3 dcb934525e5b8ed5ab8e1b47b2e0e7c1 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 Recollections of Republic County History Subject The topic of the resource "Preserving Our Past: Oral Histories of Republic County Kansas" Description An account of the resource Oral History Interviews with Republic County Residents Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Belleville Public Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Belleville Public Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Sound file (wav) Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. 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 Frank J. Jehlik Interview, Side A Subject The topic of the resource Oral History of Republic County, Kansas Description An account of the resource Republic County, Kansas, citizens were asked to tell stories of their lives as they lived and remembered them. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Belleville Public Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Belleville Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Recorded on June 1, 1973 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Georgia Griffith Kenyon, Interviewer Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Attribution (required) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP3 File (.mp3) Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context BPL75-60.sideA