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The Rossville Palomino Saddle Club travel through Main Street in Rossville, Kansas, during a Tall Corn Festival parade, probably in the 1960s.

Winnie and her son, Larry, enjoy watermelon at the Lions watermelon feed in Rossville, Kansas, September 1960.

This is probably a picture of a Tall Corn Festival parade taken on Main Street in Rossville, Kansas.

Men ride donkeys at the Lions donkey ball in Rossville, Kansas. The man on the left is Don Jones.

Unidentified men ride donkeys at the Lions donkey ball in Rossville, Kansas.

George Sullivan (pictured at right) rides a donkey at the Lions donkey ball in Rossville, Kansas. The man on the left is unidentified.

Mr. LaVerne H. Spears was born on a farm near Wamego, Kansas, on September 20, 1906. He married Edna Vilven in 1927. They moved to Rossville, Kansas, in 1928. He was mayor from 1955-1965. He was elected to the Kansas State Legislature in 1964 and…

LaVerne Spears is sitting in a stock tank fully clothed with nice shoes on after getting dunked. It was part of the Tall Corn Festival in Rossville, Kansas.

Charles Martin is sitting in a stock tank fully clothed with nice shoes on after getting dunked. It was part of the Tall Corn Festival in Rossville, Kansas.

The man on the left, talking into the microphone, is Herman Spacek. The stage is on Main Street, Rossville, Kansas. The other gentleman on the right is unidentified.