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Mrs. Ellie Jones was the wife of Don Jones of Rossville, Kansas.

Detached residence, rectangle with side entrance, two stories, wood frame and weatherboard construction, parged concrete foundation, gable roof. Hipped front porch on columns, open railing, 1/1 wooden double-hung windows, bay window E side, glazed…

Republic County, Kansas, citizens were asked to tell stories of their lives as they lived and remembered them.

Republic County, Kansas, citizens were asked to tell stories of their lives as they lived and remembered them.

The electric power plant, built in 1887, made Stockton one of the first towns in western Kansas and one of the smallest towns in the nation to have electricity. It began as a private business and then sold to the city in 1889. The building was made…

Barn and corn crib on Edward Jacobson farm.

Edward and Eugenia Jacobson celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in front of original farmstead, 1 1/2 miles south and 1 1/2 miles east of Norway, Kansas, circa 1880-1890.

Edgar G. Griswold was born in Santa Rosa, California, on May 23, 1870. He moved to Rossville in 1902. He was a teacher and farmer as well as served as the Rossville, Kansas, mayor for six years. He died June 27, 1963, in Rossville.

C.C. McPherson opened the McPherson Livery barn in October of 1879. In 1883, he kept three buggies, two spring wagons and nine head of horses. He expanded his business to house more in the early 1900s and had a “carry-all” which was particularly…

Detached residence, rectangle with side entrance and projecting center bay N, one story with basement, brick masonry in running bond, ashlar stone foundation, gable roof. Ell porchon brick piers with vent window, 3/1 double-hung wooden windows,…