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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…

Gutted buildings were all that were left after the 1925 fire that destroyed several businesses. Lutheran school teacher H.F. Rengstorf was assessing the damage at Buehring Barber Shop when a wall collapsed on top of him. He later died of his…

Large barn, cattle and turkeys on the Bushby Farm, northwest of Belleville, Kansas, 1940.

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.

"Harry and Elmer Burkholder. Harry standing on the ground by the tractor. Elmer on the platform. Harry made the frame, with Elmer's help they assembled the tractor. They made the top. Pictured at the left in front of the picture is August Fischer. In…

Burk's Market staff

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