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Republic County, Kansas, citizens were asked to tell stories of their lives as they lived and remembered them.

Charles Ward, father of Irene and Frank Ward, coming in on the Lake road after delivering the mail. This was considered the "Highway" leading out of town, going south and then east. It followed the east and north edges of the Lake.

A 5" x 7" black and white photograph copied from a glass negative The hotel was located on West Front St. between Elm and Oak St., Bonner Springs, KS

A 5" x 7" black and white photograph copied from a glass negative of the Riverview Hotel. Information on the back states the hotel was located on West Front St. between Elm and Oak St., Bonner Springs, KS

Richard "Dick" Kelsey was born in Topeka, Kansas, on September 27, 1927, and died on December 6, 2000. He was a farmer with his two brothers, Scott W. and Sam. Richard was a certified lay speaker for the Rossville United Methodist Church, a 4-H…

Richard Binns was one of the first settlers of Rossville, Kansas. He came in 1871 from Pennsylvania and built most of the early business houses and residences. He constructed a large barn and carpenter shop in 1881. They burned in the Skaggs Hardware…

Detached residence, T-plan with two recessed entrances, two stories, wood frame and weatherboard construction, rough-cut stone foundation, gable roof. Low hipped entrance porch, 1/1 double-hung wooden windows, paired projecting front window NE,…

Reuben Pettijohn and wife, Susan Sammons LeGrand, great-grandfather and step-great grandmother of Gordon Pettijohn, at their Alcona Township, Rooks County, Kansas homestead in 1885

These photos are of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Cemetery and former Parsonage. Former Parsonage located between 2nd and 3rd on Main Street.

Rossville's Roland “Red" Parr is New KLA President
Roland “Red” Parr of Rossville became the new president of the Kansas Livestock Association December 5, 1975.
He lives southwest of Rossville, maintains a 300-head calf feeder operation, and farms…