Dr. Henry B. Miller, Rossville, Kansas
description: Dr. Henry B. Miller was born in Rossville, Kansas, in January 1, 1881. He received his degree as Doctor of Medicine in 1908 from the University of Pennsylvania and after a year of interning in Philadelphia he returned to Rossville and worked with his father, Dr. Henry H. Miller, until his father's death in 1916. Dr. Henry B. Miller died September 8, 1957. In 1968, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Miller gave the doctors' building site for the Rossville Community Library in memory of his grandfather, Dr. H.H. Miller, and his uncle, Dr. Henry B. Miller.
creator: Unknown
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: 1955
rights: Public domain due to copyright expiration
format: photograph

Dr. Henry Fuller Pratt and patient Harry Jamieson, Rossville, Kansas
description: Dr. Henry Fuller Pratt treats patient Harry Jamieson in Rossville, Kansas. Dr. Henry Fuller Pratt was born in Kossuth, Ohio, December 8, 1861. He moved to Topeka, Kansas, when he was four. He married Jennie DeVinney in 1888. He practiced medicine in Rossville, Kansas, from 1885-1887 and 1895-1919. He served as the first president of the Peoples State Bank from 1909-1919 and was a member of several organizations.
creator: Unknown
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: ca. 1900-1919
contributor: Rossville Community Library
rights: Public domain
format: photograph

Dr. Henry Fuller Pratt with friends outside his office, Rossville, Kansas
description: Pictured left to right are Dr. Henry Fuller Pratt, Clare Miller, Esther Pratt Parr, and Mabel Binns Bruce. Dr. Henry Fuller Pratt was born in Kossuth, Ohio, December 8, 1861. He moved to Topeka, Kansas, when he was four. He married Jennie DeVinney in 1888. He practiced medicine in Rossville, Kansas, from 1885-1887 and 1895-1919. He served as the first president of the Peoples State Bank from 1909-1919 and was a member of several organizations.
creator: Unknown
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: ca. 1885-1919
rights: Public domain
format: photograph

Dr. Henry H. Miller, Rossville, Kansas
description: Dr. Henry H. Miller was born in Alliance, Ohio, on May 4, 1850. He set up his medical practice in Rossville, Kansas, in June of 1872. Until his death May 1, 1916, he devoted his life to medicine. He also was elected the first mayor of Rossville in 1881 and was one of the organizers of the Peoples State Bank and the Rossville State Bank. In 1968, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Miller gave the doctor's building site for the Rossville Community Library in memory of his grandfather, Dr. H.H. Miller, and his uncle, Dr. Henry B. Miller.
creator: Unknown
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: ca. 1880-1910
rights: Public domain
format: photograph

Dr. Robert S. Gabbey Memoirs, 1892, Rossville, Kansas
description: FOREWORD This collection of interesting stories are the recollections of an early day Rossville physician and the trip he and his family made to the Montana goldfields in 1864, These chapters were discovered by Mrs. Virginia Gentry while doing research on the early history of Rossville. They were originally published in nineteen installments in the Rossville Times in 1892, The adventures and hardships as well as humorous incidents that happened are told by the good doctor in a very interesting and well written manner. Nothing has been changed. The members of the Historical committee felt this story should be shared with others interested in early day history. This booklet is being published by the board of the Rossville Community Library and any profits derived from it's sale will be used for worthwhile projects in the library. DR. ROBERT S, GABBEY, 1833-1900 Robert S. Gabbey, pioneer doctor and Inventor was born May 3, 1833 in Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania. Little is known of his parents but they were of Scotch ancestry. He attended the local schools and then entered Jefferson College, graduating in 1852. In 1854, he was married to Annie Welton of Columbus, Ohio. After his marriage, he returned to Jefferson Medical College and graduated in 1855. In 1857, President Buchanan appointed him to the position of Government Physician to the Pottawotami Indians living on the reservation in the St. Marys and Rossville area. He served in this capacity for several years, living at St. Marys and later moving to Rossville o In 1864, Dr. and Mrs. Gabbey joined a wagon train going to the Montana go'ldflelds. Net finding Montana Territory to their liking, they returned to Rossville where he resumed the practice of medicine. He also purchased a farm east of the new town. In addition to his other duties, Dr. Gab- bey found time to perfect a new type of cultivator which was manufactured locally under the unlikely name of "Gabbey Go-Devil". During the 1890's he experimented with the theori…
creator: Dr. Robert S. Gabbey Originally published in the Rossville Times, Rossville, Kansas
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: 1892
rights: Public domain
format: manuscript

Dr. Robert S. Gabbey, Rossville, Kansas
description: 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 himself to more than politics and medicine, however. Before his death in 1900 he designed and received a patent on an airplane.
creator: W.S. Howard
publisher: Rossville Community Library
date: ca. 1860-1899
rights: Public domain
format: photograph

Dreamland Store
subject: Dreamland Store
description: The Dreamland Store which was located sixteen miles west of Stockton on old highway 24. According to information on the back of the picture, the store was started in 1929 by Elmer Dye of Logan. Shown in the picture are Joe and Violet Vielguth, who operated the store, and their son Jr. Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Omer Atkisson also operated this store. It is no longer in existence.
publisher: Plainville Memorial Library
date: unknown
contributor: Stockton National Bank January 1995 calendar
rights: All rights reserved
format: pdf
type: photo

Dressed for the Fair
subject: Sylvan Grove (Kan.)
description: The County Fair in Sylvan Grove, Kansas, was an opportunity to dress in your Sunday best. These ladies are posed in front of one of the many stands at the Fair.
publisher: Sylvan Grove Public Library
publisher: Sylvan Historical Society
rights: Non-Commercial (use only)
format: photo
type: image

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Drug Store Corner, Sylvan Grove, Kansas
subject: Drugstores
description: Main Street Sylvan Grove, KS (northwest corner of 1st & Main). Left to right: Drug Store, Behrhorst Bros. Hardware, Meat Market, and other businesses unknown. "Drug Store Corner Sylvan, Kans." written on image. "Berhorst Bros. Hardware Sylvan Grove, KS 1906" written below image.
publisher: Sylvan Grove Public Library
publisher: Sylvan Historical Society
date: possibly 1906
contributor: Rex & Vera Jorgensen
rights: Non-Commercial (use only)
format: photo
language: English
type: image