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MR. AND MRS. JOE CAMPBELL, ROSSVILLE
MR. AND MRS. JIM REZAC, ROSSVILLE
Soil awards given
Five farmers in Shawnee County received the Kansas Bankers Association awards for soil conservation work at the annual meeting of the district held Monday…

At 81 and still farms the old way

Tom Williams is a farmer of the old-fashioned variety, but a hard worker for his community. Besides taking care of the small farming jobs around Willard, he was Marshal of the town in 1959.

Tom Williams, an 81…

A 5" x 7" black and white photograph copied from a glass negative shows one of the completed cement plant buildings. Information on the front of the photo states: Bonner Springs Portland Cement Co. under construction. 1907-building the kiln…

A 5 1/2 " x 3 1/2" sepia tone postcard. George Davenport in the cab of his engine and his brakeman standing behind him. The Bonner Brand Portland Cement Co. is on the side of the engine The postcard is dated November 10, 1913.

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 buildings. 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. 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 of the Portland Cement Company office. Information on the front of the photograph states: Office of the cement plant - 1907

A 5" x 7" black and white photograph copied from glass plates taken in 1907. Workers with their teams grading the land in preparation for the building of the cement plant. Information provided on the front of the photograph states: 1907-building…

An 8" x 10" black and white photograph taken by Urbin Rudelll. Employees of the Kansas Portland Cement Company in front of the company office building. The photograph is dated 1915. Cecil Mitchell is circled in red ink, front row, 3rd from the right.…