14 10 1856 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/96510259858e674ae70812bfeb887cc4.jpeg 440c20c6631f95d8f3369c458a087163 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 Churches History Subject The topic of the resource Churches in the Rossville, Kansas, area. Description An account of the resource Among the various cultural developments in Rossville none was more important than the establishment and growth of organized religions. Shortly after the village of Rossville was started in 1871, some of the settlers felt the need for a church. The first known organized church was the Baptist Church started in August 1871 with nine members. A newspaper account, dated May 1879, about the school house in town says, “…at this time the building is used on Sunday by various church denominations as they are not supplied with church buildings. Six denominations have organized: The Baptist, Presbyterian, Christian, Methodist, Episcopal, Methodist Southern and Advent. The Baptist have begun to erect a neat frame church building.” The Baptists built a small church on the approximate site of the Joe Navarre home on Spruce Street and dedicated this church on February 29, 1880. For a few years after that the Baptist, Christian, Presbyterian and Methodist shared this building—each having the use of it one Sunday a month, morning and evening. The Baptist church disbanded in 1910 and was torn down soon afterwards. Organization of the United Brethren was soon followed by the United Brethren Church, also known as the Olive Branch Church. The first church building in the community was built by its members in about 1877. The old landmark, five miles north of Rossville, was torn down about 1952. Some of the farm folk responsible for its organization and erection were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Lasswell, Mr. and Mrs. Lambert James and their sons, Robert and James, Mr. and Mrs. W.V. Hook, who donated land for the church. A decline in membership prompted the church officials to sell the building to the Czech Christian organization and it served as a worship center for many years. Other denominations organized early, which have little recorded history, including the Colored Baptist, also called Second Baptist. A news clipping shows the Colored Baptist Church was in existence in 1885 and meetings were held at the old school house. At that time they were endeavoring to raise funds for a structure of their own. It was later erected in the southeast part of town on Orange Street. Their building was repaired in December 1904, but soon after the church disbanded. The only information available about the Cambellites, followers of Alexander Cambell, shows that they gathered regularly early in the city’s history. The Cambellites here and in other localities were the forerunners of the early Christian Church. A church was organized with the name Church of Christ in 1872 with Bennet Swearingen, an elder. In 1879 a group was meeting in the school. Between 1880 and when it was decided to build a church, it is believed the members met in the Baptist Church. A deed was recorded on June 29, 1887, for three lots for which they paid $50.00. The exact date of the erection of the present church is not known. Revered Alex Montgomery was a stone mason and laid the church foundation. Charles Bixby, father of the late Albert Bixby, was a carpenter and supervised the building of the church. Lumber was hauled from Topeka by Alex Nadeau and others. The supplies were purchased from the Thomas Lumber Company at Topeka. The first funeral held in the church was for William Lacock, grandfather of the late Albert Bixby. The oldest Sunday School record is dated September 7, 1884, with May Parker its first secretary. Due to an increase in the Christian Church's membership, in 1949 a large room was added to the north side of the building. Other improvements included new colored glass in the windows, and pews from the old United Brethren Church. In December 1960, another addition to the building was completed. As more settlers moved to this community, those who were of the Presbyterian faith organized their group in 1878 and met in the school in town. Reverend E.P. Sempel was the first pastor. A.C. Sherman, Richard Binns, Daniel Wilt, J.C. Bradley, William Bond, Henry Kassebaum, W.M. Mitchner, Sam Kerr, Dr. H.H. Miller and Isaac Trostle were the founders of the church. Later the Presbyterians met in the Baptist Church. In 1883, the Presbyterian group purchased the land on which the present church stands and began to build. The first church was built of red bricks which were made at a brick kiln located at the east edge of town. As the years passed a crack appeared between the bricks in the east end of the building. This fault was used as the reason for tearing town the old building. The present structure was constructed in 1917. The Reverend J.H. Naismith, the originator of the game of basketball, served as pastor in 1922 and 1923. Mr. Gus Kassebaum served as a Trustee for 39 years, from 1915 to 1954. His wife, Mrs. Lula Kassebaum served most of these years as president of the Ladies Missionary Society. The Rossville Charge was organized in the James School House, three miles west of Rossville in the year 1872 under the leadership of Mr. Paul Strimple, a local lay preacher. Shortly afterwards, another group of Methodists (Southern Methodists) met in Rossville and had services at the school in town. These two groups joined in planning construction of a church. Since the Baptists were the first to build a church, the two Methodist groups shared the building. The Methodist Church was chartered and registered with the Secretary of State, June 13, 1881. The first trustees and signers of the charter were: W.G. Gilbert, Isaac Larrance, Joseph Andrews, J.W. Miller, A.E. Strimple, J.T. Heslet, and T.M. Attebury. Building of the new church began in 1884, and it was dedicated on March 1, 1885. Nine years later the south room was added, and it was used as a dining room and meeting room. The Sunday School addition was added in 1960. The name was changed from Methodist Episcopal to Methodist, October 11, 1939. It was again changed in 1968 to United Methodist when the United Brethren and Methodist merged. The Election Day dinner was first served in 1882 and has become an established tradition. Dinner and supper were served to over 175 persons at a cost of 25 cents per person. Some of the men who took an active part in the life of the church were C.E. Gresser, E.G. Griswold and Frank Strimple. Before St. Stanislaus became a reality, according to Ellen Leonhardt of St. Marys, Kansas, Mass was held monthly sometime before 1894 in the Fritz Hall. She remembers accompanying Father Krier, a Jesuit priest, from St. Marys to Rossville along with other girls to sing in the choir. The first St. Stanislaus Church was built under the auspices of Father John B. Kokenge, S.J., who collected about eleven hundred dollars to procure the ground and put up the structure. It measured 42 x 30 feet with a sanctuary that added twelve feet to its length. The corner stone of this mission church was laid by Bishop Fink on June 18, 1899. Many notables from the St. Marys College were present as well as Reverend H.A. Schapman, S.J., former president of Detroit College. The document placed in the stone contained the following: “Leo XIII being Pope, William McKinley being President of the United States, W.E. Stanley being the Governor of Kansas, Joseph Calvin Bradley being Mayor of the city of Rossville, this church to be erected to the honor of God under the invocation of St. Stanislaus Kastka was begun today when the corner stone was laid this the eighteenth day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.” The dedication of the completed church took place on October 29, 1899. In 1967, the parish purchased the home across the street from the church, so that the expanding catechetical classes would have a better place to meet. A $20,000 renovation project in 1975-1976 added a brick extension to the front of the church and a full basement. In 1998 Dekat Hall was dedicated and the mortgage was paid off. By 2009 the parish, which encompassed Rossville, Silver Lake, Willard, and Maple Hill, was in need of a bigger building so Don & Kathleen Damon donated a $1.1 million gift for the building of a new church. After raising the additional needed funds, the new worship space for 400 people was built in 2012 near the former church. In the early 1950s a group of believers who met together for weekly Bible Study grew in number so that they were encouraged to secure a property, call a pastor and organize a church. The Stewart property on the corner of Main and Pottawatomie was purchased in June 1952. After renovation, the first services of the Rossville Bible Church were held on September 7, 1952, with Reverend Clarence Swihart as pastor. Reverend Floyd Gee became the second pastor in June 1954. The church purchased a building site from the Hesse family that adjoins the Grade School in August 1960. Reverend Hugh Gardner, Wichita, superintended the construction of a basement to be used for an auditorium. A building was moved from Forbes Air Force Base and set on the basement. June 7, 1970, was a day of rejoicing for the congregation as they had a mortgage-burning service with Reverend Joe Arnedd, Des Moines, Iowa, evangelist, as speaker. Thus is the history of the early churches which no longer exist in the community and the churches which continue to function--though in somewhat different roles than in the early years. Once, the church, as well as the school, was the center of most family activities. 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. 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 1958-01-09 Rossville & Delia Church Schedules, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource January 9, 1958 The Rossville Reporter Attend A Church of Your Faith Rossville Methodist Church Don Jones, minister Sunday School at 10 am, Morning Worship at 11 am Scott W. Kelsey, Supt. Mrs. Helen Queen, Primary Supt. Mrs. Irene Campbell, Pianist Miss Jane Rogers, Asst. Pianist Rossvjlle Christian Church Ben Duerfeldt, minister Bible School at 9:45 am, Communion at 11:00 am George Stadler, S. S. Supt. Herb Trimble, Asst. Supt. If we as Christians would strive for the Fruit of the Spirit as Gal. 5:22,23 instructs us "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance, against such there is no law." Rossville Presbyterian Church Robert Boughton, minister Morning Worship at 11:00 am Annual Congregational meeting following the service. Sunday School at 10:00 am Owen McMahan, Supt. June McCollough, Asst. Supt. Delia Presbyterian Church Robert Boughton, minister Church service at 9:45 am Topic for January 12 - "The Church - Extension of the Incarnation." J. Laverne Zlatnik, Supt. Louis Franz, Asst. Supt. Phyllis Lundin, pianist Rossville Bible Church Floyd Gee, Pastor Mr. Arthur Walters, S. S. Supt. Sunday School at 10:00 am, Morning Worship at 11:00 am, Evening Worship at 7:00 pm Children's Bible Club Tuesday at 4 pm. Prayer meeting, Wednesday at 7:30 pm St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, Rossville, Kansas Rev. A Adams, SJ, Pastor Rev. A. H Shulz, SJ, Asst. Pastor Mass, Sunday and Holy Days, 8 am Religious Instructions, 9 am Confessions Saturday 3 to 4 pm, Confessions Sunday 7:30 to 7:55 am Altar Society meeting - Second Thursday of the month. Sacred Heart Church of Delia Rev Lysacht, Pastor Sunday Masses at 7 and 9 am Week Day Masses at 7:30 am Rosary at 7:30 pm every evening. 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. 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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 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. 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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 1958-07 4-H Rock Springs Ranch Camp, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource Seeing double July 17, 1958 Two sets of mischievous identical twins from Shawnee county kept Rock Springs staff and campers in a state of utter bewilderment during the annual camp session of Shawnee, Reno, and Atchison counties, July 6-9. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Davis, Rossville, are the parents of Dean and Gene Davis, pictured on the out-side. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Glenn, Topeka, are the parents of Ron and Don, pictured next to the Shawnee County 4-H Club Agent, Merle Eyestone, who is in the center. Ron and Don are members of the Shunga Valley 4-H Club and this is their second year at Rock Springs Ranch, State 4-H Center. Gene and Dean are members of the Rossville 4-H Club and this is their third year at Rock Springs. "Cowhands” of the old west Shawnee county 4-Hers attended county camp at Rock Springs July 6 to 9. The Old West was theme of the camp program. The "cowhands" or group leaders pictured left to right are Nancy Evans, Dianne Danford, Reno county; Roberta Carpenter, member of the Rochester Heights 4-H Club in Shawnee County; Harriett Kreider, Atchison county; Ginger Shannon, Rossville Rustlers 4-H Club in Shawnee county; and Billy Thompson, member of the Rochester Heights 4-H Club in Shawnee county. Roberta Carpenter was camp song leader. One unusual feature of the camp program was a ball game at 4:30 in the morning. Another highlight of the camp was a cook-out Tuesday evening. Merle Eyestone, Shawnee 4-H Agent, and Annabelle Long Home Economics Agent were present. Other 4-H leaders from Shawnee were Mrs. Eugene Smith, Mr. Bob Phillips, Mrs. Elwin Niccum, Mrs. Howard Dexter, and Mardy Edwards. ATTENTION ROSSVILLE 4-HERS by Linda Kelsey Record books are to be turned in at the August meeting which is on the 18th of August. Anyone not completing at least one of their projects they are enrolled in cannot belong to 4-H the coming year. If there are any boys and girls in the community wanting to belong to 4-H next year, they must attend three meetings before December 31. Their parents or guardian must attend at least one of the meetings with them. 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 July 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 RCL0669 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 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/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/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/eef17efedbd13b60063e9a9dcfc52351.jpeg 2ebb4ba6aa40ce37acc95a05a58a952d 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 Churches History Subject The topic of the resource Churches in the Rossville, Kansas, area. Description An account of the resource Among the various cultural developments in Rossville none was more important than the establishment and growth of organized religions. Shortly after the village of Rossville was started in 1871, some of the settlers felt the need for a church. The first known organized church was the Baptist Church started in August 1871 with nine members. A newspaper account, dated May 1879, about the school house in town says, “…at this time the building is used on Sunday by various church denominations as they are not supplied with church buildings. Six denominations have organized: The Baptist, Presbyterian, Christian, Methodist, Episcopal, Methodist Southern and Advent. The Baptist have begun to erect a neat frame church building.” The Baptists built a small church on the approximate site of the Joe Navarre home on Spruce Street and dedicated this church on February 29, 1880. For a few years after that the Baptist, Christian, Presbyterian and Methodist shared this building—each having the use of it one Sunday a month, morning and evening. The Baptist church disbanded in 1910 and was torn down soon afterwards. Organization of the United Brethren was soon followed by the United Brethren Church, also known as the Olive Branch Church. The first church building in the community was built by its members in about 1877. The old landmark, five miles north of Rossville, was torn down about 1952. Some of the farm folk responsible for its organization and erection were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Lasswell, Mr. and Mrs. Lambert James and their sons, Robert and James, Mr. and Mrs. W.V. Hook, who donated land for the church. A decline in membership prompted the church officials to sell the building to the Czech Christian organization and it served as a worship center for many years. Other denominations organized early, which have little recorded history, including the Colored Baptist, also called Second Baptist. A news clipping shows the Colored Baptist Church was in existence in 1885 and meetings were held at the old school house. At that time they were endeavoring to raise funds for a structure of their own. It was later erected in the southeast part of town on Orange Street. Their building was repaired in December 1904, but soon after the church disbanded. The only information available about the Cambellites, followers of Alexander Cambell, shows that they gathered regularly early in the city’s history. The Cambellites here and in other localities were the forerunners of the early Christian Church. A church was organized with the name Church of Christ in 1872 with Bennet Swearingen, an elder. In 1879 a group was meeting in the school. Between 1880 and when it was decided to build a church, it is believed the members met in the Baptist Church. A deed was recorded on June 29, 1887, for three lots for which they paid $50.00. The exact date of the erection of the present church is not known. Revered Alex Montgomery was a stone mason and laid the church foundation. Charles Bixby, father of the late Albert Bixby, was a carpenter and supervised the building of the church. Lumber was hauled from Topeka by Alex Nadeau and others. The supplies were purchased from the Thomas Lumber Company at Topeka. The first funeral held in the church was for William Lacock, grandfather of the late Albert Bixby. The oldest Sunday School record is dated September 7, 1884, with May Parker its first secretary. Due to an increase in the Christian Church's membership, in 1949 a large room was added to the north side of the building. Other improvements included new colored glass in the windows, and pews from the old United Brethren Church. In December 1960, another addition to the building was completed. As more settlers moved to this community, those who were of the Presbyterian faith organized their group in 1878 and met in the school in town. Reverend E.P. Sempel was the first pastor. A.C. Sherman, Richard Binns, Daniel Wilt, J.C. Bradley, William Bond, Henry Kassebaum, W.M. Mitchner, Sam Kerr, Dr. H.H. Miller and Isaac Trostle were the founders of the church. Later the Presbyterians met in the Baptist Church. In 1883, the Presbyterian group purchased the land on which the present church stands and began to build. The first church was built of red bricks which were made at a brick kiln located at the east edge of town. As the years passed a crack appeared between the bricks in the east end of the building. This fault was used as the reason for tearing town the old building. The present structure was constructed in 1917. The Reverend J.H. Naismith, the originator of the game of basketball, served as pastor in 1922 and 1923. Mr. Gus Kassebaum served as a Trustee for 39 years, from 1915 to 1954. His wife, Mrs. Lula Kassebaum served most of these years as president of the Ladies Missionary Society. The Rossville Charge was organized in the James School House, three miles west of Rossville in the year 1872 under the leadership of Mr. Paul Strimple, a local lay preacher. Shortly afterwards, another group of Methodists (Southern Methodists) met in Rossville and had services at the school in town. These two groups joined in planning construction of a church. Since the Baptists were the first to build a church, the two Methodist groups shared the building. The Methodist Church was chartered and registered with the Secretary of State, June 13, 1881. The first trustees and signers of the charter were: W.G. Gilbert, Isaac Larrance, Joseph Andrews, J.W. Miller, A.E. Strimple, J.T. Heslet, and T.M. Attebury. Building of the new church began in 1884, and it was dedicated on March 1, 1885. Nine years later the south room was added, and it was used as a dining room and meeting room. The Sunday School addition was added in 1960. The name was changed from Methodist Episcopal to Methodist, October 11, 1939. It was again changed in 1968 to United Methodist when the United Brethren and Methodist merged. The Election Day dinner was first served in 1882 and has become an established tradition. Dinner and supper were served to over 175 persons at a cost of 25 cents per person. Some of the men who took an active part in the life of the church were C.E. Gresser, E.G. Griswold and Frank Strimple. Before St. Stanislaus became a reality, according to Ellen Leonhardt of St. Marys, Kansas, Mass was held monthly sometime before 1894 in the Fritz Hall. She remembers accompanying Father Krier, a Jesuit priest, from St. Marys to Rossville along with other girls to sing in the choir. The first St. Stanislaus Church was built under the auspices of Father John B. Kokenge, S.J., who collected about eleven hundred dollars to procure the ground and put up the structure. It measured 42 x 30 feet with a sanctuary that added twelve feet to its length. The corner stone of this mission church was laid by Bishop Fink on June 18, 1899. Many notables from the St. Marys College were present as well as Reverend H.A. Schapman, S.J., former president of Detroit College. The document placed in the stone contained the following: “Leo XIII being Pope, William McKinley being President of the United States, W.E. Stanley being the Governor of Kansas, Joseph Calvin Bradley being Mayor of the city of Rossville, this church to be erected to the honor of God under the invocation of St. Stanislaus Kastka was begun today when the corner stone was laid this the eighteenth day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.” The dedication of the completed church took place on October 29, 1899. In 1967, the parish purchased the home across the street from the church, so that the expanding catechetical classes would have a better place to meet. A $20,000 renovation project in 1975-1976 added a brick extension to the front of the church and a full basement. In 1998 Dekat Hall was dedicated and the mortgage was paid off. By 2009 the parish, which encompassed Rossville, Silver Lake, Willard, and Maple Hill, was in need of a bigger building so Don & Kathleen Damon donated a $1.1 million gift for the building of a new church. After raising the additional needed funds, the new worship space for 400 people was built in 2012 near the former church. In the early 1950s a group of believers who met together for weekly Bible Study grew in number so that they were encouraged to secure a property, call a pastor and organize a church. The Stewart property on the corner of Main and Pottawatomie was purchased in June 1952. After renovation, the first services of the Rossville Bible Church were held on September 7, 1952, with Reverend Clarence Swihart as pastor. Reverend Floyd Gee became the second pastor in June 1954. The church purchased a building site from the Hesse family that adjoins the Grade School in August 1960. Reverend Hugh Gardner, Wichita, superintended the construction of a basement to be used for an auditorium. A building was moved from Forbes Air Force Base and set on the basement. June 7, 1970, was a day of rejoicing for the congregation as they had a mortgage-burning service with Reverend Joe Arnedd, Des Moines, Iowa, evangelist, as speaker. Thus is the history of the early churches which no longer exist in the community and the churches which continue to function--though in somewhat different roles than in the early years. Once, the church, as well as the school, was the center of most family activities. 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. 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 Rossville, Delia, Willard Church Schedules, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource 1959 Attend A Church of Your Faith ROSSVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Robert Boughton, minister Sunday School at 10:00 am Morning Worship, August thru January - 11:00 am; February thru July - 9:00 am Mrs. Junior Dannefer, S.S. Supt. Miss Carol Tuller, Asst. S.S. Supt. DELIA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Robert Boughton, minister Morning Worship, August thru January - 9:15 am; February thru July- 10:45 am Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. Harvey Wulfkuhle, Supt. Lloyd Miller, Asst. Supt. Mrs. Laverne Zlatnik, pianist ROSSVILLE METHODIST CHURCH Don Jones, minister Sunday School at 10:00 a m Worship Service at 11:00 a m Scott W. Kelsey, Supt. Mrs. Jean Lane, Primary Supt. Irene Parr, Intermediate Supt. Mrs. Irene Campbell. Pianist A man who does not find God in church on Sunday is not apt to find him anywhere else. SILVER LAKE METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Harold Geer, minister Church service at 11:00 am Sunday School at 10:00 am Paul Snavely, Supt. ROSSVILLE BIBLE CHURCH Floyd Gee, pastor Mr. Arthur Walters, S. S. Supt. Sunday School at 10:00 am, Morning Worship at 11:00 am, Evening Worship at 7:00pm Children's Bible Club Tuesday at 4 pm. Prayer meeting, Wednesday at 7:30 pm ST. STANISLAUS CATHOLIC CHURCH, Rossville, Kansas Rev. A. J. Adams, SJ, Pastor Rev. A. H. Shulz, SJ, Asst. Pastor Mass, Sunday and Holy Days, 8 am Religious Instructions, 9 am Confessions Saturday 3 to 4 pm, Confessions Sunday 7:30 to 7:55 am Altar Society meeting - Second Thursday of the month. COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH, Willard, Kansas Quentin E. Husted, pastor "The Bible As It Is - For Men As They Are." Sunday School at 10:00 am, Morning Worship at 11:00 am, Evening Worship at 7:30pm Mid-week Service - Wednesday at 7:30 pm ROSSVILLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH Sam Nickols, Minister Lloyd Mesmer, S.S. Supt. Vance Crawford, Asst. Supt. Bible School at 9:45 am Communion at 11:00 am "Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man sow, that shall he also reap. And let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season, we shall reap, if We faint not." Eph. 6:7-9. Let us do good unto all men. DOVER FEDERATED CHURCH Rev. Terry Hodges, minister, Phil Kissling, Supt., Primary Supt., Grace Rogers, Organist, Opal Lambotte Church School at 10:00 am Morning worship at 11:00 am Musical Program at 8:00 p. m. Everyone Welcome SACRED HEART CHURCH of DELIA Rev. Lysacht, pastor Sunday Masses at 8 and 10 am Week Day Masses at 7:30 am 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 RCL0646