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Bill Murray and his wife, Betty, purchased the Rossville Reporter in March of 1953, after the Navarres retired. The name was changed to The Shawnee County Reporter. The Murrays sold the paper in 1967 to the Pictorial Times, a Topeka paper. Their…

Not only being honored by his Masonic brethren (sic) on 50 years of membership in Hesperian Lodge, Ed Patterson, also is the owner of a farm on the Reservation, five acres of which produced 119 (sic) bushels of corn to the acre. It was the second…

Ginny Crawley standing next to the Big Bird and Little Bird door in the Silver Lake Public Library that she painted.

Barn, rectangle with center aisle and three interior bays, loft, sawn timber frame with veritcal board sheathing, rough-cut stone foundation, gabled roof. Central rolling doors. Dutch door ESE. Stock windows E, 4/4 loft windows. Shed wing N,…

Bill Murray and his wife, Betty, purchased the Rossville Reporter in March of 1953, after the Navarres retired. The name was changed to The Shawnee County Reporter. The Murrays sold the paper in 1967 to the Pictorial Times, a Topeka paper.

Bill Murray and his wife, Betty, purchased the Rossville Reporter in March of 1953. The name was changed to The Shawnee County Reporter. The Murrays sold the paper in 1967 to the Pictorial Times, a Topeka paper. This picture was taken in August of…

Betty Bird sitting on Dr Curry's pony in front of Lindsey's garage and Bird's Lunch restaurant

Student body of Sylvan Grove's German Lutheran School.

Elders and Trustees

Back row, left to right: Edwin Hedeman (Teacher), Phillip Thaemert, Henry Stockamp, Henry Heine, C.F. Brandhorst (Teacher).

Middle row: Bill Meitler, B.G. Hopfer, Rein Wohler, Fred Blasé.

Front row: Reverand Mehl,…

Personalities You Should Know

People who have come and gone from Rossville in the past 31 years probably have had opportunity of meeting Bess Divine Baird. Bess has operated the Divine Cafe at the same location these entire 31 years.
Mrs. Jake…