Smith Barton to Governor John St. John
Creator: Barton, Smith
Date: September 26, 1879
Reverend Smith Barton, a missionary in Kansas, would like a copy of the temperance amendment and instructions on how best to educate the populace the importance of this issue.

Frank E. Tompkins, World War I soldier
Date: 1918-1919
Around 1919, the Kansas State Historical Society and the American Legion solicited biographical information from returning veterans (primarily members of the 35th and 89th infantry divisions) and the families of those who died in service, notably from the Gold Star Mothers. Each veteran or family member was asked to provide letters, photographs, a biography, and military records. This file contains information on Frank E. Tompkins, Company I, 34th Infantry, 7th Division. Frank died from influenza on November 16, 1918.

Atlas of Mitchell County, Kansas
Creator: Gillen & Davy
Date: 1884
The atlas contains a plat book of the villages, cities, and townships of the county, and a map of the state, a railroad state map, United States and World.

John Russell and Flora Billings Rathbun
Creator: Graham, Ella
Date: 1898
A photograph showing John Russell and Flora Billings Rathbun on their wedding day in Beloit, Kansas.

John Russell Rathbun family
Creator: Munro, Mamie E.
Date: Between 1906 and 1907
A photograph of Mr. and Mrs. John Russell Rathbun and their family. They lived near Beloit, Kansas.

Ralph Prickett and Keturah Rathbun
Date: 1917
A photograph of Ralph Prickett, dressed in his World War I uniform, and Keturah Rathbun dressed in her Campfire Girl uniform in Beloit, Kansas. Ralph Prickett and Keturah Rathbun were married May 11, 1919.

Keturah Rathburn
Date: Between 1915 and 1917
A photograph of Keturah Rathbun dressed in her Campfire Girl uniform and holding a rifle.

Ralph Prickett
Creator: Graham, Ella
Date: Between 1917 and 1919
A photograph of Ralph Prickett dressed in his World War I uniform.

Keturah Rathbun
Date: 1913
A photograph of Keturah Rathbun taken in Beloit, Kansas. In 1917, she married Ralph Prickett.

Keturah Rathbun
Creator: Graham, Ella
Date: 1917
A portrait of Keturah Rathbun possibly taken for her senior year at Simpson High School in Simpson, Kansas.

Flora Billings Rathbun's house in Beloit, Kansas
Date: Between 1935 and 1940
A photograph showing Flora Billing Rathbun's house and greenhouses in Beloit, Kansas.

Doug and Arlene Thiessen, Beloit, Kansas
Creator: Worley, Barry J
Date: June 1998
These photographs are part of the Kansas State Historical Society's online exhibit, "Wheat People: Celebrating Kansas Harvest." This exhibit focuses on the people who have built Kansas' agricultural reputation. In June 1998, the KSHS staff followed harvesters from the Oklahoma border to far northwestern Kansas. They photographed and interviewed families from the top twenty wheat-producing counties in Kansas. The photographs featured here are of Doug and Arlene Thiessen of Beloit, Kansas.

Carrico Implement Company, Beloit, Kansas
Creator: Worley, Barry J
Date: June 1998
These photographs are part of the Kansas State Historical Society's online exhibit, "Wheat People: Celebrating Kansas Harvest." This exhibit focuses on the people who have built Kansas' agricultural reputation. In June 1998, the KSHS staff followed harvesters from the Oklahoma border to far northwestern Kansas. They photographed and interviewed families from the top twenty wheat-producing counties in Kansas. The photographs featured here are of the Carrico Implement Company in Beloit, Kansas.

Carrico Implement Company, Beloit, Kansas
Creator: Worley, Barry J
Date: June 1998
These photographs are part of the Kansas State Historical Society's online exhibit, "Wheat People: Celebrating Kansas Harvest." This exhibit focuses on the people who have built Kansas' agricultural reputation. In June 1998, the KSHS staff followed harvesters from the Oklahoma border to far northwestern Kansas. They photographed and interviewed families from the top twenty wheat-producing counties in Kansas. The photographs featured here are of the Carrico Implement Company in Beloit, Kansas.

The advantages Northern Kansas offers to home seekers and land buyers
Creator: Northern Kansas Immigration Association
Date: 1888
A booklet prepared by the Northern Kansas Immigration Association for home seekers and land buyers looking for opportunities in Northern Kansas.

Doug and Jim Thiessen from Beloit
Creator: Worley, Barry J
Date: July 14, 1998
This colored slide shows, (left to right) brothers Doug and Jim Thiessen farmers from Beloit, Kansas, standing in a harvested wheat field.

Cutting wheat, Beloit, Kansas
Creator: Worley, Barry John, 1949-
Date: July 14, 1998
This colored slide shows wheat being harvested on the Thiessen family farm near Beloit, Kansas.

Good Roads Day, Beloit, Kansas
Date: 1914
A photograph showing men building roads on a Good Roads Day in Beloit, Kansas.

Mitchell County organization records
Creator: Kansas. Secretary of State
Date: 1870
In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a census taker. Initially, unorganized counties were required to document that they had at least 600 inhabitants in order to be recognized as a county by the state legislature. Over time the number of residents needed to organize a county changed to 1500 and later to 2500 residents. The census was submitted to the governor who then issued a proclamation indicating that the requirements had been met, appointing county commissioners and a county clerk, and naming a county seat. Not all of these documents are available for each county. Included in this file is an 1870 county census, the memorial to the governor, and the proclamation designating Beloit as the temporary county seat.

Road construction, Beloit, Kansas
Date: 1914
Men building roads on a Good Roads Day, Beloit, Kansas.

Road construction, Beloit, Kansas
Date: 1914
A photograph showing men building roads on a Good Roads Day in Beloit, Kansas.

Emigrants Guide or Handbook of the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad & Company
Creator: Vaughan, W.R.
Date: 1879
Railroad company's land sales promotional publication targeting recent emigrants interested in purchasing agricultural land situated in central and eastern Kansas.

U.S. 40. The main street of America
Creator: U.S. 40 Highway Association, Inc.
Date: 1920s
This pamphlet by the U.S. 40 Highway Association promotes U.S. Route 40 as the trans-continental highway from Atlantic City, New Jersey, to San Francisco, California. At the pamphlet's creation, the highway had not yet been completed and reached to eight miles west of Topeka, Kansas. Raymond M. Sawhill, of Glasco, Kansas, was the secretary of the local organization.

Susan C. Sorgatz and Carry Amelia Nation
Creator: Nation, Carry Amelia Moore, 1846-1911
Date: Around 1900
A studio portrait of Mrs. Susan C. Sorgatz (standing) of Beloit, Kansas and temperance leader Carry Amelia Nation, 1846-1911, of Medicine Lodge, Kansas.

Standard atlas of Mitchell County, Kansas
Creator: Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Date: 1902.
This atlas shows the villages, cities and townships of the county with the names of land owners.