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Bill Murray and his wife, Betty, purchased the Rossville Reporter in March of 1953. The name was changed to The Shawnee County Reporter. The Murrays sold the paper in 1967 to the Pictorial Times, a Topeka paper. This picture was taken in August of…

Mary and Dale Channel (on the left) are pictured with James and Mary Sheppeard. The two couples purchased the Hy-Klas Food Store in Rossville, Kansas, in 1964. The Channels bought out Sheppeard's share about a year later.

This picture shows Burns and Bill Hesse, brothers and lifetime Rossville, Kansas, residents. They succeeded their father, William, in the family business, Hesse Lumber Company.

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…

This portrait of the Hartzell-Eversole family was given by their descendants to Gerald Reser.

This picture was with a paper labeling it as the Hartzell-Eversole store. This photo was sent to Gerald Reser along with RCL0251.

This picture was with a paper labeling it as the Hartzell-Eversole store. The photo was sent to Gerald Reser along with RCL0252.

Charlie's Pharmacy was the drug store owned by Charles Klesath in Rossville, Kansas, in the 1960s. To the right of the pharmacy was Rossville Truck and Tractor Company.

Peoples State Bank was located on Main Street in Rossville, Kansas. Rossville Truck and Tractor Company is partially shown on the left side of the picture. The picture was taken September 20, 1961.