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Either partial or total destruction of 75 farms and homes were reported from this storm late in the afternoon May 19, 1960. There were no deaths in this area.

Pictured left to right are Clinton Stalker, Rhoda Marion, Vida Reser, Allen Enos, Vivian James, Mildred James, Sherwin Griswold, Nora Stamp, Clara Wood, Elsie Brooks, Allyn Hartzell, Georgia Stewart, and John Lewis.

Pictured left to right in the top row are Hazel James, Golda Wilson, Pauline Rezac, Bea Miller, Emma Trostle, Ethel James, and Joe Parr. In the second row are Claude Sneller, Elizabeth Jackson, Mildred McCollough, Doris Jamieson, Unidentified,…

Pictured left to right in the top row are Mildred Zickefoose, Helen McPherson, Tabby Watkins, Ruth Marney, Loma Landis, Ethel Ropp, Ethel Craig, Alma Short, and Miss Emma Robinson, teacher. In the second row are Neva Brady, Leslie Griswold, Jimmie…

Pictured are businesses on Main Street in Rossville, Kansas.

This is the west side of Main Street in Rossville, Kansas, looking north. Some of the businesses shown are Hurley's Sundries, Rossville Implement, and International Harvester.

Velda O'Donnell is working at The Shawnee County Reporter's printing press in Rossville, Kansas, in November of 1960.

Bob Butler is working at The Shawnee County Reporter's printing press in Rossville, Kansas, in November of 1960.

The man on the right is Charles Klesath, owner of the Rossville, Kansas, drug store in the 1960s. The man on the left is unidentified but could possibly be his son. Charles retired in 1969 and died in March of 1975.

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.