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Hicks Hotel - The Hicks Hotel was built in 1886 by Henry A. Hicks at an estimated cost of $11,000. It was the first three-story building in this part of the state. Over 300,000 locally manufactured bricks were used in its construction. The hotel…

Built in 1886 as the Hicks Hotel, this building was know as the Beck Hotel after 1935. It was torn down in 1963 to make way for the new Stockton National Bank building. This view was probably about 1940.

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This picture is from the 1971 Rossville Centennial Booklet, page 54.

HISTORY OF ST. STANISLAUS IN ROSSVILLE
(As written by Miss Frances DeGraff)

Shortly after the holidays in 1989, I came home from K.C. where I had been sewing. I heard that Catholic services were being held in Fritz's Hall, and Catechism Classes…

History of Willard, Kansas


Compiled by Zelda M. (Sally) Whitmore, Patsy Hogan, Neal and Barbara Haze

Written by Barbara Jones Haze-Sept 1997 from:
Writings by Joe Skidmore;
Ghost towns of Kansas, Vol. 3, by Daniel Fitzgerald, 1982;
Lesser…

Commercial block in row, rectangle with central entrance, two stories, two bays second floor, brick and stone masonry, one story stone rear wing,flat roof and parapet. First floor storefront altered with frame and stucco panels, modern metal…

Commercial building in row, rectangle with recessed central entrance, one-story, three bays, brick masonry construction, flat roof and parapet. Paired glazed wooden entrance doors flanked by sidelights and marquee windows with 4-light transom…

Commercial block in row, rectangle with recessed central entrance, one-and-a-half stories, five bays, brick laid in common bond, flat roof and parapet, full length I-beam storefront lintel. Altered display windows, facade ornamented with smooth cut…

Silver Lake resident Benjamin Hook(15) is shown here in 1924 with his mules on his potato farm.