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Three men are standing by farming equipment in the Massey Harris building on Main Street in Rossville, Kansas. The man on the left is DeVere Miller, and the other two are unidentified.

Pictured from left to right quilting are Golda Cottle, Vida Whitney, Stella Page, Amy Meade, and Ella Whearty on June 6, 1963.

A portrait of a woman sitting in a rocking chair. It is from the collection of Mabel Boyles, who was from Rossville, Kansas.

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

William S. "Bill" Hesse made this bicycle built for two out of a boys and a girls bicycle. It holds three, however, as he takes his children Ron and Rhonda for a ride in December of 1961.

This picture of William L. Hesse, Rossville, Kansas, lumber dealer, was taken February 9, 1961. The J. Thomas Lumber Company started in Rossville in the 1880s. James B. Hall was manager for several years and in 1909 Mr. Vawter became manager. William…

Mr. William Cyrus Baylis was the first Rossville, Kansas, rural route mail carrier.

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

The Willard bridge crosses the Kansas River, connecting Willard to Rossville, Kansas. Laverne Zlatnik believes this photo may be what remained after the 1951 flood.

This bridge is between Rossville and Willard, Kansas. The Rossville News of September 27, 1901, reports, “A force of men with teams and scrapers are putting the Rossville-Willard boulevard in fine shape. When complete this will be the ‘boulest’ road…