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The Opera House Pharmacy was owned and operated by G.P. Pierce. The first telephone switchboard was located there. Telephone service to the public did not get started in Rossville until August 1900, when Manager McMahan of the Alma Telephone Co.…

Dave Hartzell, Dr. Gabbey's dog, Emma Nailer, Rebecca Vorhies, Dollie Lillard, Mr. and Mrs. Vorhies, Dave Yocum, and Bradley (traveling man) stand outside the Union Hotel in Rossville, Kansas. On the corner of Pearl and Perry streets, A.C. Sherman…

This picture shows Frances Martinek (Mrs. Albert) shocking oats on July 5, 1920.

An unidentified man stands in front of the Rossville Clothing Store in Rossville, Kansas.

Pictured left to right are Dr. Henry Fuller Pratt, Clare Miller, Esther Pratt Parr, and Mabel Binns Bruce. Dr. Henry Fuller Pratt was born in Kossuth, Ohio, December 8, 1861. He moved to Topeka, Kansas, when he was four. He married Jennie DeVinney in…

Pictured left to right on the porch front are Beulah McIntyre, Grace White, Gwen Kramer, Mable Bruce, and Mildred McCollough.

The first trucking business in Rossville, Kansas, was Howard French (pictured on top of logs) who started in 1929 and continued operation until 1946. When he first started in business he would haul anything. His truck line later hauled principally…

Around 1925, Ira T. Hopkins started his grocery business. He sold it in 1931, later buying it back and then selling it again in 1945.Orbie Binney is in the delivery truck.

The Oliver Nursery was operated by brothers Tom and Charles Oliver. The Oliver nursery grew seedlings for root stock used for grafting and budding of different fruit varieties. They also raised general farm crops and livestock. They processed the…

Albert and Emile Martinek pulling out hedge stumps with their 1917 Mogul tractor in March 1923.