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HISTORY OF ST. STANISLAUS IN ROSSVILLE
(As written by Miss Frances DeGraff)

Shortly after the holidays in 1989, I came home from K.C. where I had been sewing. I heard that Catholic services were being held in Fritz's Hall, and Catechism Classes…

History of Willard, Kansas


Compiled by Zelda M. (Sally) Whitmore, Patsy Hogan, Neal and Barbara Haze

Written by Barbara Jones Haze-Sept 1997 from:
Writings by Joe Skidmore;
Ghost towns of Kansas, Vol. 3, by Daniel Fitzgerald, 1982;
Lesser…

Commercial block in row, rectangle with central entrance, two stories, two bays second floor, brick and stone masonry, one story stone rear wing,flat roof and parapet. First floor storefront altered with frame and stucco panels, modern metal…

Commercial building in row, rectangle with recessed central entrance, one-story, three bays, brick masonry construction, flat roof and parapet. Paired glazed wooden entrance doors flanked by sidelights and marquee windows with 4-light transom…

Commercial block in row, rectangle with recessed central entrance, one-and-a-half stories, five bays, brick laid in common bond, flat roof and parapet, full length I-beam storefront lintel. Altered display windows, facade ornamented with smooth cut…

Silver Lake resident Benjamin Hook(15) is shown here in 1924 with his mules on his potato farm.

Interior of Hopfer Store, later purchased by Ray Eckelman

Horace Holder, Rossville, Kansas, city marshal, and his police dog.

Russell Jacobson, Sr. with horse and buggy, 1920.

Horse and buggy circa 1910-1920