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Groundbreaking ceremony for the new Bonner Springs City Library. Pictured L-R: Mayor Clausie Smith, City Council members, Larry Berg, Bob Reeves, Tom Stephens, Wayne Grey, Jerry Jerritt, , Lloyd Messmer, Kim Beets, Library Director, Judy…

Farm residence, square plan with central entrance, two stories with one-story rear shed and side additions, wood frame construction, stone foundation, low hipped roof. Front flat-roofed entry on turned posts with second floor railing, 1/1…

Threshing crew - Groom family and friends

Groom family home was located east of Rooks County Golf Course on (2018) Kerns property. Identification on photo :Bottom L to R - Lum Pugh, Mrs. Lum Pugh, unknown man, Billy Groom, Uncle Tom Schumaid. Top L to R - Daisy Haines (cousin), Ona Groom,…

The first gravel pit in Rossville, Kansas, was at the L. P. Hartzell farm in 1910. The gravel was used for roads.

Affidavit of Death. Printed at Tribune Office, Independence, Kansas. State of Kansas, Montgomery County. SS. In the Probate Court, in and for said County. In the matter of the Estate of Robert Dalton late of said County, deceased. On this 26th day of…

A big corn crib and grainery on the Mulvane Ranch west of Rossville burned to the ground early Monday morning.

Francis Davis, manager of the ranch for the owner, David Hughes of California, discovered the large building in flames about 4:50 a.m.…

This on-farm-grain storage system was installed on the Laird French farm 2 1/2 miles south of Rossville last year. Farmers are showing more and more interest in such systems. This one was included in the annual irrigation tour this year by Shawnee…