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School, rectangle with two side entrances, one story, four front and five side bays, wood frame and weatherboard construction, rubble stone foundation, gable roof with corrugated metal roofing. Two curved wooden shed stoops on ornamental brackets,…

Union Pacific train plowing through snow on tracks near Sylvan Grove, KS

Clearing trees on Resco home place, five miles north of Agenda, Kansas. Shown: John Resco, John Ellsworth, Reba, Mae and Erma Resco.

Cyclone Overview
The cyclone struck Coffeyville, Kansas, on June 1, 1917, causing significant destruction in just three minutes. ​
Numerous homes and businesses were completely wrecked, with many families affected.
The document includes…

Cyclone Overview
The cyclone hit Coffeyville without warning on June 1, 1917. ​
It unroofed 200 buildings and killed three people.
Property damage was conservatively estimated at $500,000.

Impact on the City
The storm primarily affected…

Kenneth Naysmith combining wheat, 1959.

(From back to front) John Palecek, Joe Mach Sr. and Boman Mach harvesting wheat with Caterpillar diesel D2 tractor pulling 12 foot combine near Narka, Kansas, July 3, 1941, covering 40 acres per 12-hour day. The D2 used about 1 1/2 gallons of 8 1/2…

A group of women and children in the community of Silver Lake, KS

THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1955
TOWN TOPICS
The Kaw Dehydrating Plant started up this week for the alfalfa season and is throwing a smog over Rossville like California’s smog would be coming out of one stack.

The Rossville Reporter THURSDAY,…

Painting of Conger Ranch