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Three unidentified women hoe the flower bed at the triangle end of Main Street in Rossville, Kansas, in August of 1960. The triangle end of Main Street was located on the west side of Main Street north of the railroad tracks. The lady on the left…

This picture of Velda O'Donnell and Henry Lillard was taken in March of 1961. Rossville’s American Legion Auxiliary Unit was organized October 14, 1958, as the Jimmie Lillard Unit 31. Velda O’Donnell was elected vice president on October 22, 1958.…

The Rossville American Legion Jimmie Lillard Unit 31 color guard and firing squad give their respects to fallen veterans on Memorial Day of May 1961.

Pictured left to right at an American Legion Auxiliary banquet is Thresa Trahoon, Fern Rogers, Ruby Rezac, Ruth Hesse, Velda O'Donnell, Nora Mitchell, Mary Decker, Hope Meade, Amy Meade, Jenny Coleman, Roxie Banta, Anna Lemon, and Melba Gentry.

Members of this Rossville, Kansas, summer baseball team are (front row, left to right) Harry Adams, Melvin Sage, Steven Pardee, Bobby Dolezilek, Bob Wehner, Daryl Mitchell, and Carl Farley; (back row left to right) Coach Joe Campbell, Richard…

Front side: Man (seated) and woman (standing

Back side: Addressed to Mr. Claud Dodge

Transcription: Say Claude our pictures were not good so we just got a few finished on their cards. We [illegible] to get some better ones some time. You know…

Believe item to be the same couple in RCL0268

Front side: Photograph of two women

Back side: Addressed to Claude Dodge, Rydal, Kansas. Sent in October 1913 from Caldwell, Kansas; received in October 1913 at Rydal, Kansas. One cent stamp with George Washington portrait.

Transcription: Dear…

This picture of the east side of Main Street in Rossville, Kansas, is looking south. It is featured in the 1971 Rossville Centennial book. The business on the far left is Hopkins & Son hardware store.

The settlement on Cross Creek was in a very strategic position on the Military Road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Riley. Travel up the Kaw could not be depended upon and man and supplies had to be hauled to Fort Riley overland. The ford and the…