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Leo Dale Berry and Carl Rupin recognized the potential of irrigation and the benefits it would have to their current grain business. In 1953 they formed the Berry Irrigation Company and shipped the first carload of aluminum pipe to Kansas. In 1954…

The Stratton home was one of the many homes that flooded in Rossville, Kansas. It is unknown whether this was picture was taken during the flood of 1903 or 1904.

One of the earliest farmers in Rossville, Kansas, was Henry Ford who acquired 80 acres southwest of Rossville in 1864. He was born May 3, 1836, in Richland County, Ohio. He came to Kansas in 1863 and was a stage coach driver for the Overland Stage…

Dr. Clyde S. Smith practiced medicine in Willard, Kansas, around 1905 to 1922, when he moved to Rossville, Kansas. He practiced medicine in Rossville until 1959. Delivering triplets was one of the highlights of Dr. Clyde S. Smith’s medical career.…

Dr. Henry H. Miller was born in Alliance, Ohio, on May 4, 1850. He set up his medical practice in Rossville, Kansas, in June of 1872. Until his death May 1, 1916, he devoted his life to medicine. He also was elected the first mayor of Rossville in…

Mrs. Ella Miller was elected the Rossville, Kansas, mayor in 1889 on an all-woman ticket. She was the wife of Mr. Henry H. Miller who was elected the first mayor of Rossville in 1881.

Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchner was elected a Rossville, Kansas, councilwoman in 1889 on an all-woman ticket. Her husband was William Milton (W.M.) Mitchner.

The Luce Bakery was a Rossville, Kansas, business.

Mrs. Elma Binns was elected the Rossville, Kansas, police judge in 1889 on an all-woman ticket. She declined the office, saying that it properly belonged to a man. Her husband, Richard Binns, took the office.

Mrs. Grace Kerr was elected a Rossville, Kansas, councilwoman in 1889 on an all-woman ticket. She was the wife of Samuel Kerr who was elected a councilman in Rossville's first election in 1881.