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Reuben Pettijohn and wife, Susan Sammons LeGrand, great-grandfather and step-great grandmother of Gordon Pettijohn, at their Alcona Township, Rooks County, Kansas homestead in 1885

In 1923 the new Courthouse was ready for occupancy. This four-story Bedford limestone (from a quarry in Indiana) building was, and continues to be a source of great pride to the community. Interior wainscoating and stairs are marble. Built at a cost…

The 1956 Ford Mainline Raffle car and Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Trailer at the Rooks County Fair, August 1956. Following the barbeque and Webster Lake Dedication Ceremony, a dance was held in Stockton. The final item for the day was the raffle…

School buses at Webster

Handwritten Smee Family Tree

Handwritten Smee Family Tree

Main Road looking west of Stockton, Ks -- June 18, 1908. The Solomon River was a mile wide at flood stage.

A steam thresher in the field. Date of the picture is unknown.

The Carnegie Library - In 1909, the Library Association of Stockton contacted Andrew Carnegie, who agreed to donate $5,000.00 for a library building. The Association donated it's property for the library site, and the voters of Stockton agreed to an…