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Employees of the Kansas Portland Cement Company standing in front of the office. This photo was taken in 1915. Cecil Mitchell is identified as third from the right in the front row. There is also a picture of him in the right hand corner of the…

A 5" x 7" black and white photograph copied from a glass negative shows one of the completed cement plant buildings. Photograph not dated.

A 5" x 7" black and white photograph copied from a glass negative shows the construction of the cement plant. Information on the front states: Portland Cement Company under construction. This photograph is not dated.

A 5" x 7" black and white photograph copied from a glass negative shows the construction of the cement plant buildings. This photograph is not dated.

The idea of a public library took shape in 1941 when several members of the Round Table Club thought it would be a fine project for their group to promote. A committee was formed to investigate the library needs of the high school and grade school…

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THE GRASSHOPPER YEAR - taken from Rossville Reporter July 2, 1936
Despite the lurid tales which are creeping into news reports of the hordes of grasshoppers sweeping like tornadoes over and through some of the plains states, there are plenty of men…

This booklet contains images of buildings, houses, and more from Coffeyville, KS from 1907.

Page 2: OUR SOUVENIR, In introducing a souvenir edition of The Earth, we might explain first that we publish 2,000 copies daily of our newspaper, The…

The "Old Academy" - The Congregational Academy was located east of Walnut on North 7th Street. It was a 2 1/2- story building constructed of native stone and brick. Completed in 1889, it was intended as a college preparatory school. The economic…