Kansas Wagon Depot Hotel, Strong City, Kansas
Date: Between 1880s and 1890s
This black and white photograph shows a group of men standing in front of the the Kansas Wagon Depot Hotel in Strong City, Kansas. The two-story limestone structure was also known as the Old Bank Hotel.

Mason's level
Creator: Stanley Rule & Level Company
Date: between 1879 and 1882
Nels Ferguson, a Swedish immigrant, used this level in his work as a stonemason. He was involved in the construction of the Kansas Statehouse and the Topeka State Hospital. Ferguson later settled with his family in Richland Township in Jewell County, Kansas. He used his stonemason tools in the construction of his stone farmstead, Rock Hill Farm.

Tamping bar
Date: between 1879 and 1882
Nels Ferguson, a Swedish immigrant, used this steel tamping bar in his work as a stonemason. He was involved in the construction of the Kansas Statehouse and the Topeka State Hospital. Ferguson later settled with his family in Richland Township in Jewell County, Kansas. He used his stonemason tools in the construction of his stone farmstead, Rock Hill Farm.

Float
Date: between 1879 and 1882
Nels Ferguson, a Swedish immigrant, used this float in his work as a stonemason. He was involved in the construction of the Kansas Statehouse and the Topeka State Hospital. Ferguson later settled with his family in Richland Township in Jewell County, Kansas. He used his stonemason tools in the construction of his stone farmstead, Rock Hill Farm.

Plumb bob
Date: between 1879 and 1882
Nels Ferguson, a Swedish immigrant, used this plumb bob in his work as a stonemason. He was involved in the construction of the Kansas Statehouse and the Topeka State Hospital. Ferguson later settled with his family in Richland Township in Jewell County, Kansas. He used his stonemason tools in the construction of his stone farmstead, Rock Hill Farm.

Cedar Point Mill and Dam, Cedar Point, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
This black and white photographs shows a view of the Cottonwood River and the Cedar Point Mill and Dam in Cedar Point, Kansas. The three and a half story native limestone structure was built in 1875 by abolitionist Orlo H. Drinkwater and his partner Peter Paul Schriver along the Cottonwood River. For a number of years flour was milled from the facility until operations came to a close in the early 1940s. In 2006, the site was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places.

Cedar Point Mill and Dam, Cedar Point, Kansas
Date: 1957
This black and white photograph shows the Cedar Point Mill and Dam in Cedar Point, Kansas. The three and a half story native limestone structure was built in 1875 by abolitionist Orlo H. Drinkwater and his partner Peter Paul Schriver along the Cottonwood River. For a number of years flour was milled from the facility until operations came to a close in the early 1940s. In 2006, the site was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places.

Cedar Point Mill and Dam, Cedar Point, Kansas
Date: 1957
This black and white photograph shows the Cedar Point Mill and Dam in Cedar Point, Kansas. The three and a half story native limestone structure was built in 1875 by abolitionist Orlo.H. Drinkwater and his partner Peter Paul Schriver along the Cottonwood River. For a number of years flour was milled from the facility until operations came to a close in the early 1940s. In 2006, the site was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places.

Cedar Point Mill and Dam, Cedar Point, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
This black and white photograph shows the Cedar Point Mill and Dam in Cedar Point, Kansas. The three and a half story native limestone structure was built in 1875 by abolitionist Orlo. H. Drinkwater and his partner Peter Paul Schriver along the Cottonwood River in the community of Cedar Point, Kansas. For a number of years flour was milled from the facility until operations came to a close in the early 1940s. In 2006, the site was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places.

E. W. Norris service station, Glen Elder, Kansas
Date: Between 1926 and 1930
Twenty-one photographs showing the E. W. Norris service station under construction and following completion. Norris hired Frank A. Slack, Beloit, Kansas, to design the service station and Charles Eby to work on the interior. It was built in 1926 with native limestone quarried near Glen Elder, Kansas. The service station is located at the southeast corner of Market and Main Streets in Glen Elder. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

History of Green Valley community in Cedron township, Lincoln County, Kansas
Creator: Thummel, Mildred
Date: 1870-1990
A history of Cedron township in Lincoln County, Kansas. The early history includes information on early settlers, buildings, homes, and the railroad, the Negro population of the county, and the history of Mrs. Lord's picnic.

Family histories of three families of homesteaders and later their families
Creator: Thummel, Mildred
Date: 1870-1990
Papers and photographs containing information on three families of homesteaders. The material mainly focuses on the Ulin family of Lincoln, Kansas.

Kansas Statehouse
Creator: Farrow, W. F.
Date: Between 1896 and 1899
This is a photograph of the Kansas Statehouse taken after it's completion, Topeka, Kansas.

Arbor Day, Topeka, 1870
Date: 1870
Photograph of Arbor Day activities at the corner of 8th & Jackson Streets near the Kansas Capitol, Topeka, 1870.

Kansas State Capitol building, Topeka, Kansas, 1867
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
A stereograph showing the Kansas State Capitol building under construction in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, in 1867. The photograph shows scaffolding, workers, building stone, and a portion of the completed first floor. The stereograph is from Alexander Gardner's series, "Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division," and includes the notation "351 miles west of St. Louis Mo."

John Pierce St. John, Kansas Governor
Creator: Worrall, Henry, 1825-1902
Date: January 13, 1879
Sketch of John Pierce St. John's inauguration at the Kansas Statehouse, January 13, 1879. This was the first public inauguration of a Kansas governor. The sketch was drawn by Henry Worrall and published in Harper's Weekly, Feb. 8, 1879.

Battery A on the Kansas State Capitol grounds, Topeka, Kansas
Date: February 1893
During the Populist War of 1893, Battery A, a militia unit from Wichita, Kansas, was stationed on the grounds outside of the Kansas State Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas.

Mob at the Kansas Statehouse, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Farrow, W. F.
Date: February 15, 1893
View of a mob in front of the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas, on February 15, 1893, after an attempt was made to disarm a member of the militia during the Populist War. Also visible are spectators and horse-drawn carriages.

Militia at the Kansas Statehouse, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Farrow, W. F.
Date: February 16, 1893
View of unidentified militia on the steps and in front of the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas, during the Populist War. Also visible are many spectators in the foreground.

Militia at the Kansas Statehouse, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Farrow, W. F.
Date: February 17, 1893
View of Topeka and Wichita militia, Batteries A & B, in formation at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas, during the Populist War. Also visible are a wagon and a man on horseback.

Reopening the Kansas Statehouse, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Farrow, W. F.
Date: February 17, 1893
View of the Kansas Statehouse being reopened to the public on February 17, 1893, at the end of the Populist War. Also visible are spectators and horse-drawn carriages.

Crowd at the Kansas Statehouse, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1893
View of a crowd at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas, during the Populist War.

Standard Chautauqua trucks
Creator: Wolfe, Harold B., 1898-1966
Date: Between 1915 and 1925
View of fifteen Standard Chautauqua trucks, each containing an unidentified load, parked in a staggered row at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas.

Statehouse and Topeka Library, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1884
A stereograph view of the Kansas State Capital and the Topeka Library as taken looking southwest from the city building.

Dome construction, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Cone, W. W.
Date: 1889
View of construction of the Kansas State Capitol building's dome in Topeka, Kansas. Also visible is an American flag, a small brick building on the Capitol grounds, wooden fences, utility poles and power lines, a horse-drawn carriage, and two men in a trolley car in the foreground.