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
William "Jackie" Cook's sod house in 1905 in Alcona Township, Rooks County, Kansas, located approximately 17 miles west and 2 miles south of Stockton, Kansas
William Jackson Cook - Willis Cook - Mary Cook - Dewey Cook - Elsie Cook - Ida Mae Cook -…
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…
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…