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Almost five months prior to the Rossville Centennial celebration in 1971, Rossville Mayor Chris Viergever announced this proclamation:

Brothers of the Brush

WHEREAS, all MEN and being residents of Rossville are interested in doing their utmost…

History of Willard, Kansas


Compiled by Zelda M. (Sally) Whitmore, Patsy Hogan, Neal and Barbara Haze

Written by Barbara Jones Haze-Sept 1997 from:
Writings by Joe Skidmore;
Ghost towns of Kansas, Vol. 3, by Daniel Fitzgerald, 1982;
Lesser…

Cottrell
Seneca, Kans.

Cottrell, Seneca, Kans.

This portrait is of a man standing behind a woman sitting who has a small flower bouquet in her lap. It may be a Daguerreotype print. It is from the collection of Mabel Boyles, who was from Rossville, Kansas.

Detached residence, ell-plan with side entrance and rear entrance in ell, two stories, wood frame and weatherboard, rubble stone foundation, gable roof. Front hipped porch and side shed entrance door, interior brick chimney. Decorative porch…

Rural schoolhouse/residence, rectangle, one story, wood frame construction, gable roof. Hipped enclosed front entry, 1/1/ windows, interior brick end chimney. Alterations --- brick veneer, asbestos shingles, modern windows and entrance door,…

Corner commercial block in row, rectangle with corner entrance, brick and stone masonry, flat roof and parapet. Original façade covered with brick and stucco panels, modern frame awning.

A wood frame hotel occupied this lot from 1893 to 1905. That…

Barn, rectangle with cross-aisle, basement and end shed, pegged timber frame, coursed sandstone foundation, board and batten sheathing, main gable roof with hood N. Central rolling doors. Dutch door WNW.
Interior stanchions W and granary E.

Farm residence, rectangle with central entrance, two stories with one-story rear kitchen ell, basement, brick masonry construction, sidegable roof, 4/4 and 2/2 double-hung wooden windows, interior brick chimney and end chimney. Smooth-cut stone…