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Employees of the Oliver Nursery are pictured left to right, back row: Frank Goodrich, Walter Patton, and John Short; middle row: Chris Lillard, Rufus Lillard, Andy Chapman, and Truman Paine; front row: Henry Martin, Ed Bixby, John Martin, and William…

As more settlers moved to the Rossville, Kansas, community, those who were of the Presbyterian faith organized their group in 1878 and met in the school in town. The church in the picture was built around 1883. It was made of red bricks which were…

Jess Willard was born December 29, 1881, at St. Clere. He was a horse-trader and livery stable operator at Delia and Emmett before becoming a heavyweight boxer. Many of Rossville, Kansas, area people followed the career of Jess Willard. A group of…

William C. Baylis cutting his lawn. Two women sit on the porch rocking chairs.

E.J. Howard in front of Howard's Garage, located at the corner of Main Street and Perry, Rossville, Kansas

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

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…

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 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…

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