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Townspeople gathered to watch a steam engine being unloaded at the Sylvan Grove Depot. The train brought the mail and every supply needed to survive in early Kansas.

View from southeast of depot. Sign reads "Riding or Driving on Platforms Forbidden."

Looking east from Sylvan Grove Depot.

Sylvan Grove Railroad Depot - view of west end of building.

Union Pacific Railroad water tower used to fill steam engines on the Plainville line. Located at Sylvan Grove, KS.

Union Pacific Windmill 1/2 miles west of Sylvan Grove, KS. Torn down in 1950.

Union Pacific train plowing through a snowdrift near Sylvan Grove, KS

Union Pacific train plowing through snow on tracks near Sylvan Grove, KS

Union Pacific Railroad steam engine filling water tanks at Sylvan Grove, Kansas

Early photo (1890-1905?) of Sylvan Grove Depot showing train arriving from the west. Signage: Large sign - Salina 47 miles, Oakley 178 miles. Small sign on south side - Western Union Telegraph ? Cable Office.