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The settlement on Cross Creek was in a very strategic position on the Military Road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Riley. Travel up the Kaw could not be depended upon and man and supplies had to be hauled to Fort Riley overland. The ford and the…

Front side: Photograph of two women
Back side: Addressed to Mr. Claudeen Dodge, Rydal, Kansas. Sent on April 22, 1913, from Caldwell, Kansas; received April 23, 1913, at Rydal, Kansas. One cent stamp with George Washington…

Front side: Photograph of two women

Back side: Addressed to Claude Dodge, Rydal, Kansas. Sent in October 1913 from Caldwell, Kansas; received in October 1913 at Rydal, Kansas. One cent stamp with George Washington portrait.

Transcription: Dear…

Believe item to be the same couple in RCL0268

Front side: Man (seated) and woman (standing

Back side: Addressed to Mr. Claud Dodge

Transcription: Say Claude our pictures were not good so we just got a few finished on their cards. We [illegible] to get some better ones some time. You know…

Front side: Photograph of two children on postcard sent to Mr. Claudeen Dodge, Bennington, Kansas in care of Mr. Chester Quinn.

Back side: Transcription of message: July 24, 1913
(From Sis) Dear Brother I guess I told you not to write till you…

Front side: Postcard with picture of unknown woman.

(not postmarked)

Addressed to: Mr. Claude Dodge, Belleville, Kansas

Hello Claude: I guess you are dead so I'll send this to waken you. Now I ain't [scarted] if I do look it. Ha. When are…

Recipient of postcard: Mr. Claude Dodge, Rydal, Kansas.

Transcription of note: Here we are don't you think we are great? How did u arrive home? It is quite lonely since you kids are gone. Went to the show last night & it was fine. [illegible]…

Members of this Rossville, Kansas, summer baseball team are (front row, left to right) Harry Adams, Melvin Sage, Steven Pardee, Bobby Dolezilek, Bob Wehner, Daryl Mitchell, and Carl Farley; (back row left to right) Coach Joe Campbell, Richard…

Three unidentified women hoe the flower bed at the triangle end of Main Street in Rossville, Kansas, in August of 1960. The triangle end of Main Street was located on the west side of Main Street north of the railroad tracks. The lady on the left…