70 10 1856 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/7c7d16765a3510cfcfa51462a0727426.jpg b04058c2f102c5f9ff5abc7454417ab9 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 Ethel Kerr, 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. 1940-1970 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain due to copyright expiration Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0225 Kansas Memory Project http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/619df8044b3669746e325ca36f67767e.jpg 2a03d741b5e0150639c2d2ef5f2bded3 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 Historic Farm Photos Description An account of the resource Historic farm photos taken in Republic County, Kansas. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Belleville Public Library Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Eugenia Jacobson with her Flowers Subject The topic of the resource Farming Description An account of the resource Eugenia Jacobson with her flowers in June. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Russell Jacobson, Jr. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Belleville Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Elaine Jacobson Plowman Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg. Type The nature or genre of the resource Photo Farming Republic County http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/e04112389f5ab449e4a5dd06dd357089.mp3 8a45e26d3f6b2b3586dc6fe5255a4e3b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Recollections of Republic County History Subject The topic of the resource "Preserving Our Past: Oral Histories of Republic County Kansas" Description An account of the resource Oral History Interviews with Republic County Residents Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Belleville Public Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Belleville Public Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Sound file (wav) Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Evelyn Ames Interview, Side A Subject The topic of the resource Oral History of Republic County, Kansas Description An account of the resource Republic County, Kansas, citizens were asked to tell stories of their lives as they lived and remembered them. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Belleville Public Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Belleville Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Recorded in 1973 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Georgia Griffith Kenyon, Interviewer Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Attribution (required) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP3 File (.mp3) Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context BPL76-168.SideA http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/9949c7aedd8941e1c5c0ba338136a5e1.mp3 6828f8715744c15ce83f3f6dc576e3e4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Recollections of Republic County History Subject The topic of the resource "Preserving Our Past: Oral Histories of Republic County Kansas" Description An account of the resource Oral History Interviews with Republic County Residents Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Belleville Public Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Belleville Public Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Sound file (wav) Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History 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 Evelyn Ames Interview, Side B Subject The topic of the resource Oral History of Republic County, Kansas Description An account of the resource Republic County, Kansas, citizens were asked to tell stories of their lives as they lived and remembered them. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Belleville Public Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Belleville Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Recorded in 1973 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Georgia Griffith Kenyon, Interviewer Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Attribution (required) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP3 File (.mp3) Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context BP76-168.SideB http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/6d0879ea850eb79a81b2b9eb77c3ec3a.jpg 7a5c1281644140f0f016fb1c7238a6e4 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 Festivals, Parades, & Tall Corn 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 Event on Main Street, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource People line Main Street in Rossville, Kansas, for an unknown event. 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. 1957-1970 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain due to copyright expiration Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0072 History Mystery Kansas Memory Project http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/cd7eb92aad1ebb21bf2fd3e53dcff68a.pdf 7b8788a504e5510795b5c6ae61389a74 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 Everett Furniture Subject The topic of the resource Furniture Store Description An account of the resource Photo of furniture store at the south east corner of 2nd and Winchester Streets Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Winchester Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Not stated Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 5 by 7 photo Type The nature or genre of the resource Photo Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WPL-39 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/29fd3c4ef0b25195326ce9ef7d671672.jpg 80bcac1e3bebe35e76fee3d21d8a31e4 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 Louisburg Library Description An account of the resource Items related to Louisburg and our library Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Louisburg Library District #1 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Louisburg Library District #1 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource photos, newspaper clippings Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Louisburg Library District #1 Louisburg Historical Society Language A language of the resource English 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 Ewbank Postcard Description An account of the resource Postcard addressed to Orrell Ewbank Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Louisburg Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Louisburg Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 22, 1916 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/89158425d4cf5761788e6bf6f09437a7.jpg 1404bd1f16e37164442159a68ac97b0f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Agricultural History Subject The topic of the resource Farming/Ranching Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Community Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rossville Centennial Booklet, 1971 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain due to copyright expiration. Original narrative content by RCL is available for use by public. Description An account of the resource Rossville is fortunately situated in many ways—we are near a large city, Topeka, but far enough away to retain our own identity; we can be considered a bedroom community to Topeka since so many residents commute to work to the larger city; we are just north of the Kansas River and enjoy the fertile “Kaw River Valley,” which has benefited agriculture in our community since its very beginnings. From the early days, Rossville Township was blessed with fertile creek and river-bottom land, combined with the upland, which consisted of bluestem grass. The early settlers broke and cleared the bottom lands and part of the upland prairie. The settlers of the 1860-70s began farming and found the soil fertile and productive. However, the task of clearing the timberland and breaking prairie sod must have seemed insurmountable. Corn and wheat, the main crops, and cattle, hogs and other livestock-raising, became the basic agriculture of Rossville township. Many of these early farmers came to Kansas seeking land. They traveled by ox cart and wagon before the railroad went through, following the Oregon and other trails. Settlers bought land from the Santa Fe Railroad or from members of the Citizen Potawatomi Band, who were selling their allotment land. The first mention of early agriculture in Rossville comes from Dr. Gabbey’s account, written in 1886: “The Pottawatomi as a tribe never took kindly to agriculture, four or five acres in corn was a large field. Their fields were usually cleared up from the edge of the timber along the streams, as the Indian had little use for the Prairie kind.” One account gives the cost of prairie in the early days from $2.50 to $4.00 per acre. Lumber was worth from $25.00 to $39.00 dollars per thousand feet. Oxen cost $100.00 a yoke, mules from $100.00 to $200.00, horses $75.00 to $150.00, sheep $2.00 a head and chickens 25¢ each. Masons and carpenters received $2.00 to $3.00 per day in wages. Wheat was worth $1.50 per bushel and flour $4.50 per hundred pounds. From newspapers of 1877: “New corn brought in for shipment is getting 18¢ to 20¢ and corn huskers have been in demand at $1.00 per day and board; 2.5¢ per bushel thrown on the ground or 3.5¢ in the crib.” “Mr. Lambert James, a farmer living a few miles west of town has this season manufactured 1,500 gallon of sorghum molasses, which he readily disposed of at 50¢ per gallon.” But challenges persisted for early settlers. Although this was an extremely desirable area for agriculture and the raising of livestock, it was not possible for the early settlers to procure manufactured goods from the East without paying an extremely high freight bill. It was also impossible to ship their grain and produce economically. River freight was tried but the Kaw River often times did not have enough water to make shipping dependable so the answer to this problem was the railroad. Rossville’s answer came May 18, 1866, when the first train passed through the town. Corn was the main crop and early editors gave much space extolling its excellence. Corn cribs were numerous along the south side of the railroad tracks and on the east side of north Main. A water powered grist mill was located on Cross Creek north of town. Mulvane Bros. built a steam powered mill south of the railroad tracks. One of the earliest farmers was Henry Ford, who acquired 80 acres southwest of Rossville in 1864. His wife was the former Mary Nadeau, who came to Rossville from Indiana in 1862. Henry Ford came to Kansas in 1863 and was a stage coach driver for the Overland Stage Company between Topeka and Manhattan. He met his wife at “Buttermilk Station” where she worked for her brother, Big Alex Nadeau. While working to clear their land of timber and build a log house, they lived in one room of a three room house, west of Cross Creek, north of the old Oregon and California trails. The other two rooms were occupied by Dr. and Mrs. R.S. Gabbey and Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Higginbotham. After the Fords moved into their log cabin, Mrs. Ford often rode horseback nine miles with her baby to the mission in St. Marys. The first flowers she had to plant by the cabin were given to her by the nuns at the Mission. Another early farmer, John DeGraff settled south of Rossville in 1865. He and his wife, the former Frances Navarre, lived in a small dugout until their house was built. The following is a list of early farmers: Name | Year to Rossville | Origin Archibald Abbott 1870 Kingston, Canada West Joseph Andrews Westmoreland County, Pa. W. Thomas Andrews 1879 McKay, Ohio Joseph Beseau 1875 Monroe County, Michigan John A. Bond 1872 Tyler County, W. Virginia William Bond 1873 Tyler County, W. Virginia John DeGraff 1865 James DeVinney 1880 Ross County, Ohio Benjamin Franklin 1869 Ross County, Ohio John Fritz 1877 Somerset County, Pa. Martin Hass 1877 Richland County, Ohio Henry Kassabaum 1877 Brookmell, Prussia T.J. Kiernan 1868 Elzey E. Kinsey 1877 Ohio Henry Lipp 1868 South Germany Isaac McCollough 1873 Holmes County, Ohio R. McCollough 1878 Holmes County, Ohio Michael O’halaron 1880 Samuel Oldfield 1878 Derbyshire, England S.J. Oliver 1876 Edward Partelow 1868 Newport, Kentucky Thomas L. Ross 1882 Cincinnati, Ohio M.M. Standley 1874 Carroll County, Indiana Bennett Swearingen 1868 Meigs County, Ohio Isaac B. Trostel 1877 Perry County, Pa. Frank Van Vleck 1878 William Wax 1878 Juniata County, Pa. Daniel Wilt 1876 York County, Pa. Henry York 1869 Zurich, Switzerland Peter H. Zickefoose 1874 Highland County, W. Virginia Samuel Beals 1867 E.S. Doud 1869 W.L. James Wm. Kirkpatrick 1871 Frank L. Sanders John Heslet Noel Graves W.W. Janes J.K. Conley 1870 Yates County, New York Startup, Ab Thomas Attebury 1877 George Hejtmanek 1880 Wisowitz, Moravia, Austria D. Hartzell 1872 Francis E. Williams 1876 New York Captain John Gutshall Col. A.S. Stanley 1880 Meigs Co., Ohio Martin Nason 1872 Jos. Van Vleck 1878 M.L. Cless 1876 B.W. Higginbotham 1861 Thomas Moss 1877 J.M. Parr Clay Co. Indiana J.A. Parr Clay Co. Indiana H.W. Lipp 1878 Illinois Samuel B. Zickefoose 1869 West Virginia Mrs. Jane Jackson 1875 Scotland Photo A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Excess Corn, 1928, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource People in Rossville, Kansas, saw hard times in 1928. There were more than 1,000 bushels of corn on the ground. Sold it for $0.12 a bushel to pay taxes. Sold hogs for $3.50 per hundred. The man in the picture is unidentified. 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 1928 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain due to copyright expiration Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0045 History Mystery Kansas Memory Project http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/305986ad7a4599bcf54bfcf41ccc485d.pdf f691f03d0554adb546692ac839c02fc4 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/d2769c8f6334cd77b542bb84783266a7.pdf 1252c2b5d01ddc7cdac5df277b4ac2ff 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 Exterior view of Bank of Winchester Subject The topic of the resource Bank of Winchester and photo of clerk inside bank Description An account of the resource Exterior view of bank and inside photo of clerk Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Winchester Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Winchester Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1896 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Winchester Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 5 by 7 photo Type The nature or genre of the resource Exterior view of bank Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WPL-33 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/3aafdef0c7fe42ef3c30e29929852207.pdf 956b84a07f21840ecbb6aff012820937 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 Exterior view of the remodeled Elmore home in September 1946 Subject The topic of the resource Elmore house Description An account of the resource Exterior view of remodeled house Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Winchester Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Winchester Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1946 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Winchester Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 5 by 7 photo Type The nature or genre of the resource Exterior view of remodeled house Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WPL-32