187 10 1916 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/ac06c32fa5d6802608646c636c84cc15.png 81743106410b607527cc26e5b56c24f0 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 Community Library History 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 The Rossville Community Library, A Look at its Past, the Present, and its Future, 1993 Description An account of the resource The Rossville Community Library- A Look at Its Past, the Present, and its Future Page 5 St. Marys Star October 5, 1993 PART I by Dorothy N. Hoobler When the Rossville Community Library at 407 Main was dedicated in late November 1968, no one dreamed that 25 years later, its services would have grown so much that an addition would be necessary. That, however, is exactly what has happened. Consequently, plans are being made to correct the “too small” problem. The land just north of the building has been generously donated by Ron and Joyce Lutz. The proposed addition will be approximately 24 by 50 feet. Along with providing for the pa¬trons it serves and the services it gives, two handicapped re¬strooms will be added to meet federal requirements. No target date has for completion, but the library board has decided to establish two separate building funds. A plaque will list the names of all donors of $100 or more, either to a regular building fund, or to a memorial fund. Those two plaques are already hanging on the wall. Other fund and financial plans will be announced later by the Library Board — President Scott Kelsey, Larry Anderson, Marie Sullivan, Shelly Braden, and Mary Jane Berkey. As the name, Rossville Community Library, implies, this is a township, not a city library. It is supported by a small tax levy. The Rossville Town¬ship Board, currently Helen Horton, Richard Langworthy, and Tom Schuetz, supervises the library and appoints the library board. They, in turn, hire the library staff. Mary Brennan is the present librarian and Ruth Godbey is the assistant. [caption to photograph] Scott Kelsey, President of the Rossville Library Board, and Richard Langworthy, Trustee of the Rossville Township Board, are shown the deed to the lot north of the library where they anticipate enlarging the building, by Ron and Joyce Lutz. Photo by Carla Opliger Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource St. Marys Star, St. Marys, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource October 5, 1993 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper clipping Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0539 Rossville Community Library http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/1c5324881ed616506ba7735172f13ef5.tif a5904f996b1d57095fe92942bac23d95 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 Community Library History 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 The Rossville Community Library, A Look at its Past, the Present, and its Future, 1993 Description An account of the resource The Rossville Community Library- A Look at Its Past, the Present, and its Future Page 5 St. Marys Star October 5, 1993 PART I by Dorothy N. Hoobler When the Rossville Community Library at 407 Main was dedicated in late November 1968, no one dreamed that 25 years later, its services would have grown so much that an addition would be necessary. That, however, is exactly what has happened. Consequently, plans are being made to correct the “too small” problem. The land just north of the building has been generously donated by Ron and Joyce Lutz. The proposed addition will be approximately 24 by 50 feet. Along with providing for the pa¬trons it serves and the services it gives, two handicapped re¬strooms will be added to meet federal requirements. No target date has for completion, but the library board has decided to establish two separate building funds. A plaque will list the names of all donors of $100 or more, either to a regular building fund, or to a memorial fund. Those two plaques are already hanging on the wall. Other fund and financial plans will be announced later by the Library Board — President Scott Kelsey, Larry Anderson, Marie Sullivan, Shelly Braden, and Mary Jane Berkey. As the name, Rossville Community Library, implies, this is a township, not a city library. It is supported by a small tax levy. The Rossville Town¬ship Board, currently Helen Horton, Richard Langworthy, and Tom Schuetz, supervises the library and appoints the library board. They, in turn, hire the library staff. Mary Brennan is the present librarian and Ruth Godbey is the assistant. [caption to photograph] Scott Kelsey, President of the Rossville Library Board, and Richard Langworthy, Trustee of the Rossville Township Board, are shown the deed to the lot north of the library where they anticipate enlarging the building, by Ron and Joyce Lutz. Photo by Carla Opliger Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource St. Marys Star, St. Marys, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource October 5, 1993 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper clipping Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0539 Rossville Community Library http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/52b294266d66e62938dc492e489b94af.jpeg 3ec502660854ce4317ab47655a83c025 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 Agriculture from 1962, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource The Shawnee County Reporter, Rossville, Kansas March 15, 1962, Page 15 Shawnee County Beef Tour Scheduled Beef cattle in Shawnee County have a value of approximately four million dollars. Anyone would agree that this is a sizable industry. We would like to present representative samples of the operation of this industry on Thursday, March 22. This is the date that has been set for the beef cattle tour that should prove beneficial to anyone interested in beef cattle production. The tour will begin at 9:00 a.m. at the Joe Campbell farm about three miles west of Rossville on highway 24 and then one-half mile south. Here the group will see a sizable number of cattle that Joe is wintering, in addition to a good set of working corrals. From here the group will go to the Clyde Rogers farm and meet there at about 9:45. This farm is located about one mile south of Rossville. Clyde has heifers on full feed and also heifer calves that were purchased last fall that he is wintering. The third stop will be at the A.J. Thomas and Sons farm located on the west edge of Silver Lake. This stop will be at approximately 10:30 and here the group may see the herd of stock cows and the creep feeding system that the Thomas’ practice. At about 11:20 a stop will be made at the farm of Eugene Smith at 6215 West 21st Street, Topeka. This is about ¾ of a mile west of the junction of 21st Street and Wanamaker Road. Gene Smith and Joe White have a sizable cow herd, both registered and commercial. After this stop, the last stop will be at Roy Engler’s located just one mile south of the Smith farm. After this the group will gather at the Oak Grange Hall which is located by the Roy Engler farm. A free lunch will be served at noon to all those who participate. Wendell Moyer, Extension Livestock Specialist from Kansas State University, will be on the tour to assist with the discussion. A summary will be held after the noon lunch and an early adjournment will follow. Come out all you beef men and bring your neighbor. (pictured Wendell Moyer, speaker) ------------------ WIN BANKERS AWARDS Winners of the 1961 Soil Conservation Bankers Awards are pictured below. They were present Monday evening, February 5, at the annual meeting held at Garfield Park Shelterhouse, Topeka. (pictured) Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Martinek (published, February 15, 1962) ------------------- “JACK AND THE CORN STALKS”… almost looks that way with the little trick photography by the Shawnee County Agent, Herb Bulk. Agent Bulk took the picture to show how tall the corn is in the Kaw Valley. It’s nearly as tall as the picture appears, too. (picture shows child looking up standing in the middle of a corn field) (published, August 2, 1962) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shawnee County Reporter, Rossville, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 15, 1962 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper clippings Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0436 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/391ea30f346a15971ce3794d786c10e5.jpeg a1fa879e6dbb05204f6fec030acad6cc 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 Profiles of Local Persons, Rossville, Kansas 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 Fighter Jess Willard's retirement Description An account of the resource SHAWNEE COUNTY REPORTER Thursday, April 2, 1959, Page 9 Fighter Jess Willard’s retirement Jess Willard who was born in St. Clere, Kansas, and is remembered by some of the old-timers here as a horse-trader and livery stable operator at Delis and Emmett, is now living a quiet life in La Cresenta, California. Now in his 77th year the “Pottawatomie Giant” and his wife live very comfortably in their California home and just “take life easy”. They have five children, two sons and three daughters, and seven grandchildren. In a recent interview with a Los Angeles Herald-Express writer, Willard spoke with a keen memory of his fights with Jack Johnson, Jim Jeffries, Jim Corbett, and Jack Dempsey. It will be exactly 40 years ago on July 4 that Willard lost his heavy-weight boxing championship to Jack Dempsey in Toledo, Ohio. He says he can remember the fight as if it were yesterday and says of the fight that “mobsters took my title that afternoon and I hope to one day complete the true story of what happened. Dempsey had more in his gloves that afternoon than his fist!” He says Johnson was the greatest fighter of them all. Willard knocked him out in the 26th round to win the championship in Havana in 1915 on April 5 when the temperature was 115. It’s interesting to learn that Jess says if he had it to do all over again he’d choose another road. He says, “Knowing what I know now I guess I would have just kept on busting broncos instead of becoming a fighter. I got suckered into fighting in the first place. I used to ride herd on horses in Montana, round ‘em up and bring them to Kansas. After breaking “em I’d sell them to the farmers. “When automobiles came in the horse lost his popularity and when a friend suggested that a big strong guy like me should be a fighter I decided to take a crack at it.” This retired “man of leisure” is described as a “great guy” by his neighbors and the kids love him. He stands six fee six inches in his stocking feet and weighs in today at 255, just five pounds over his usual fighting weight. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shawnee County Reporter, Rossville, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 2, 1959 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource copy of newspaper clipping Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0536 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/d5f455e6f0d0a9b7cdfe1cacab1bd8d6.jpeg 3d19224b46bbcf221aa3c71eabea62fe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Transportation and Accidents History Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library 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 Death Ends It, Honeymoon of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith Is Over, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource DEATH ENDS IT Honeymoon of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith is Over. He With Two Others Killed at Crossing. STOPS A MARRIAGE. Other Two Victims to Have Been United Sunday. Maggie Marney and Edward Smith Find Union in Death. ONLY ONE IS ALIVE. Mrs. Fred Smith Tells How Accident Happened. Young People Returning From Dance at St. Marys. Three persons were instantly killed and another perhaps fatally injured shortly after 1 o’clock this morning at bond’s crossing, about two miles west of Rossville, by the Union Pacific passenger train No. 3, west-bound. The killed are: FRED SMITH, EDWARD D. SMITH AND MISS MAGGIE MARNEY. Mrs. Fred Smith may recover, although at noon today she was still unconscious and was in a delirious condition. Mrs. Smith was a bride of less than a week, having been married on Sunday, and Miss Maggie Marney was to have been married next Sunday to Edward Smith, one of the unfortunate men. Edward and Fred Smith were brothers, both prosperous young farmers who parents also live near Rossville. They had been to St. Marys to attend a Woodman dance and were returning home when the accident occurred. They were driving a team of horses attached to a double-seated carriage, when they crossed the Union Pacific at Bond’s crossing, and the engine of the Union Pacific passenger train crashed into them. The bodies of the killed were terribly mangled, and Miss Marney’s head was completely severed from her body. Both the horses were instantly killed, and the carriage was smashed. The engineer did not see the carriage until after the engine had struck it. He immediately brought his train to a standstill and the bodies of the dead and Mrs. Smith, who was unconscious, were taken on board and were carried to St. Marys. They were taken to Rossville early this morning, accompanied by Dr. Miller and a Catholic priest, Father DeSmedt, and an inquest was held at 9 o’clock. Mrs. Fred Smith is receiving the best of medical care and attention. She talks in a rambling manner and knows nothing of what has occurred. She is aware that her husband was killed. She suffered a severe shock and one arm and an ankle were broken. The doctors hold out hopes of her ultimate recovery. Miss Maggie Marney was the daughter of William Marney, a well known farmer of that vicinity. She was to have been married to Edward Smith next Sunday. Mrs. Fred Smith, the bride of two days, whose husband met a horrible death at the Bond crossing, gave the first coherent account of the accident to a State Journal reporter this afternoon. “We were married in Topeka at the home of my sister, Mrs. H.E. VanVleck, at 220 East Fifth street,” said she. “We went down to Topeka on Saturday and were married Saturday evening. We were at the home of my sister until Monday afternoon when we went to Rossville. Ed met us at the train. He asked his father for a team and got a double seated carriage in Rossville and we went to the Mulvane ranch where we got Maggie Marney and we then went to the dance at St. Marys. “When we were coming home Fred and I were on the front seat and Fred was driving. We had the side curtains on. We got on the wrong road and we had to turn north and were compelled to cross the tracks again. We had already crossed them once. As we drove onto the tracks the train hit us and I don’t remember anything more. The engineer did not whistle.” Mrs. Smith was Miss Vina Vieu. She is a young woman of prepossessing appearance. She appears to scarcely realize the terrible fate of her husband, brother-in-law and friend. It was at first thought that her ankle had been broken but it now appears that this is a mistake. She is not seriously injured and will be able to be out in a few days. Engineer Emmett Lewis of the Union Pacific train that caused the death of the three young people was prostrated. He went with the train as far as Junction City where he turned the engine over to a substitute, being unable to go farther. The conductor of the train was F.S. Fields and both the engineer and conductor are attending the inquest this afternoon. The parents of Fred and Ed Smith, the two young men who were killed, live two miles from Rossville. They were worried over the non-appearance of their sons but did not know of the accident until this forenoon when Floyd McPherson drove out and informed them. Mrs. Smith fainted and was in a serious condition but is better this afternoon. Neither the father nor mother knew that the young people had been married. The bodies of the dead were all frightfully crushed. Fred Smith’s legs and one arm were broken, his neck was also broken and one side was crushed. Ed Smith’s side was crushed and his legs were broken. The car wheels had passed directly over Maggie Marney’s head and face and the top of her skull was found lying beside the track. Claim Agent Peterson, of the Union Pacific is on the ground and with him is Photographer John Strickrott who took photographs of the scene of the accident to be used in the event of a suit for damages. Coroner Hogeboom went to Rossville on an early morning train and is holding an inquest this afternoon. The people of Rossville are greatly excited over the frightful accident. (published, April 1, 1902 ?) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Probably in the Rossville newspaper Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 1902 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper clipping Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0400 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/a3a3f382c56f6b4aa44a4791919cbae9.jpg 9d16965f3283f73b4ba20fb1771906be 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 Profiles of Local Persons, Rossville, Kansas 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 Lola Marie Boyles, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource Miss Lola Marie Boyles is eight months old in this portrait. She was born March 7, 1908. It is from the collection of Mabel Boyles, who was from Rossville, Kansas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1908 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource original photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0001 Kansas Memory Project http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/53956197bd2eb953944e252b2c3eaf04.jpg 6eb73648e16c8c9622f7eb2f8b4bf0cf 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 Profiles of Local Persons, Rossville, Kansas 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 Laverne and Velma Zlatnik, Kansas Day Celebration, Delia, Kansas Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Laverne Zlatnik Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0367 Description An account of the resource <p>This photo of J. Laverne Zlatnik and his wife, Velma F. Zlatnik, was taken at the Kansas Day Celebration at the Delia Grade School in 2001.</p> http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/a5a9e181ee00cb3932937ba0f49ebd99.jpeg be0c07480a7f7f2773391394cb3905f3 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 Profiles of Local Persons, Rossville, Kansas 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 John Howerton, Rossville, Kansas Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource reprint of photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0280 Description An account of the resource John Howerton was elected as a Republican to represent the 37th district in the State Legislature in 1905. He served one term. Mr. Howerton was born in Morgan County, Kentucky in 1838 and was reared on a Kentucky farm. He had a powerful physical physique which he retained throughout his life. During the Civil War he was a Northern sympathizer. At the opening of the war he was appointed U.S. Marshall and while leading a posse against a band of organized guerillas and bushwhackers in Elliott County, was ambushed and during the fighting that ensued, he and two of his men were shot. Mr. Howerton received a severe saber wound in his left cheek, which left a scar that remained throughout his life. In 1858, he married Mary Watson, a daughter of a prominent Kentucky farmer. John Howerton was the first person from the West Liberty, Kentucky area to migrate to Rossville, followed by many others whose descendants still reside here. He first settled in Tecumseh in 1868 and later moved to Rossville where he purchased a farm north of town. For years he was a successfully farmer and stock raiser. Of the five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Howerton, four grew to maturity, and three survived their mother, who passed away in June of 1910. The children were: William and Charles, who lived in Rossville, a daughter, Etta, who married Dr. J.M. Amis, and a son, James, who died a young man. Mr. Howerton always contributed his share toward the growth and development of Shawnee County and up to his death took a keen interest in civic and national affairs. He was associated with the Rossville State Bank, Silver Lake State Bank and the Delia State Bank. He remarried in 1914 to Elizabeth Van Anken. He passed away on January 9, 1925, at his home. http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/88fa691b4d0300aa0f316292e6d9a1ea.jpeg 07b2e3c8edabd0b121df2c5bb57f5dc0 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 Profiles of Local Persons, Rossville, Kansas 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 David Millington Howard, Rossville, Kansas Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ca. 1890-1913 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource reprint of photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0279 Description An account of the resource David Millington Howard was elected to the State Legislature as Representative of the 37th District in 1890 and served two additional terms. He was a member of the Progressive Democrat Party. Mr. Howard, a prominent citizen and successful farmer and stockraiser, was born on a farm, Oct. 15, 1841, in Shaftsbury, Vermont. He completed his education in Vermont and taught school for two years before beginning his farming career. He married Chettie Stanley, of Shaftsbury, Vermont, on Sept. 1, 1869. Three years later, in April of 1872, the Howards, accompanied by his parents and his wife's parents, came to Rossville, Kansas. They settled on a farm South of town, on a tract of 67 acres. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Rogers presently reside on this original farm site. Until 1876, Mr. Howard engaged in general farming and then became interested in stock raising, adding large tracts of land and introducing a fine herd of shorthorn cattle. He was affiliated with a number of fraternal orders in Rossville, being a member of the Masonic Order, IOOF, AOUW, Grange and the Knights and Ladies of Security. He was one of the organizers of the Rossville State Bank and served as President. Mr. Howard had 4 brothers and 3 sisters. The 3 sisters and 1 brother came to Rossville to live. Mary married Cyrus Higginbotham, Lurana to J.K. Conley, Rachel to L.E. Moseley, and Otis was the father of Mrs. E.G. Griswold. Mr. Howard contracted pneumonia from exposure while engaged in the work of caring for his livestock and was ill several months before passing away on Feb. 11, 1913. http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/9eb6eb1263b6a1fbd6cb92f70504dd15.jpeg 249ff3160260d8bc0355458793eb403c 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 Profiles of Local Persons, Rossville, Kansas Photo A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Adrian (A.C.) Sherman, Rossville, Kansas Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ca. 1892-1910 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource reprint of photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0278 Description An account of the resource Adrian Cyrus (A.C.) Sherman was elected State Representative from the 37th district in 1892 and 1894 as a Republican. He was born in 1847 at Mount Pleasant, Indiana. At the age of 15, he enlisted in Company E, 18th Indiana Infantry, and participated in 23 battles. He was a cousin of General W.T. Sherman and was with him on his march though the South. He became a veteran before his 18th birthday. In 1870, Sherman came to Kansas and speculated in real estate. He purchased from Fielding Johnson and Harvey H. Wilcox their share in the townsite of Rossville. The next year he constructed the first hotel in Rossville, his first store building on Main Street, and his residence south of town. He was a dealer in grain, hardware and implements, real estate and stock business, and operated a grocery store. He was considered one of the wealthiest men in the county. A.C. Sherman was appointed postmaster in Rossville in 1880 and served three years as County Commissioner. >He was married to Lou Fisher in 1866 and had three children: Alice M., Adrian F. and Daisy.