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Dr. Robert S. Gabbey was born May 4, 1833, in Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, and married Annie Welton in 1854. He was appointed the Rossville, Kansas, government physician in 1861 and was the first justice of the peace appointed in 1867. He applied…

U.G. Stewart is pictured in his band uniform holding his trombone. He organized a band that played concerts in the bandstand on Saturday nights during the summer months and at other functions when called upon. The bandstand was on the east side of…

People in Rossville, Kansas, saw hard times in 1928. There were more than 1,000 bushels of corn on the ground. Sold it for $0.12 a bushel to pay taxes. Sold hogs for $3.50 per hundred. The man in the picture is unidentified.

Building sidewalks in Rossville, Kansas, are (left to right) Howard Marney, J.P. Marney, Wes Harder, and Roy Fisher.

People in Rossville, Kansas, at the south end of Main Street after the 1903 flood use horses, buggies, or boats to move about town.

This is a view of Rossville, Kansas, Main Street looking north in the early 1920s.

A group of people are standing in flood water outside a business on the east side of Main Street in Rossville, Kansas, after the 1903 flood.

Pictured left to right are Joe Navarre, Bill Lynde, and C.L. Somers. It possibly was taken around 1935.

This café in Rossville, Kansas, was owned by E.E. Silvers. Pictured from left to right are Bob Pendleton, city marshal; Tom Nealis; unknown; Mrs. Welty, proprietor; Lula Dean Berkey; Viola Rice; boy unknown

This is a picture of a Sauer & Moode merchandise business in Rossville, Kansas.