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.

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.

Cawker City, Kansas
Date: December 17, 1883
This stereograph shows a view of main street in Cawker City, Kansas. The town was incorporated in 1874 in Mitchell County and named after Colonel E. H. Cawker.

Cawker City, Kansas
Date: December 17, 1883
This stereograph shows a view of main street in Cawker City, Kansas. The town was incorporated in 1874, in Mitchell County and named after Colonel E. H. Cawker.

Waconda Springs, Mitchell County, Kansas
Creator: Walker, Russell W.
Date: 1940
This photograph shows an unidentified woman dipping a cup for a drink of water from the Waconda Springs pool.

Public Library, Cawker City, Kansas
Creator: Reflex Studio
Date: 1935
A photograph showing the Cawker City Public Library which was paid for by the Women's Hesperian Club. The library was organized in 1873 and built in 1884 for $1,313.75.

Public library, Cawker City, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
A photograph showing the Cawker City public library which was paid for by the Women's Hesperian Club. The library was organized in 1873 and built in 1884 for $1,313.75.

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.

Parade, Cawker City, Kansas
Date: Between January 01, 1890 and December 31, 1899
Unidentified parade in Cawker City, Kansas.

Parade, Cawker City, Kansas (#2)
Date: Between January 01, 1890 and December 31 1899
Unidentified parade in Cawker City, 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.

Fair at Cawker City, Kansas
Date: September 24 - 27, 1889
This poster announces a fair to be held at Cawker City. The poster includes a color illustration promoting ballooning and parachuting.

Waconda Great Spirit Springs
Date: January 28, 1915
This pamphlet on Waconda Great Spirit Springs was read by Gladys Evarts Hill at the meeting of the Kansas State Chapter of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, held at Topeka, Kansas, January 28, 1915. The pamphlet concerns the Waconda Springs near Cawker City, Kansas. In 1907 the site opened as the Waconda Springs Sanitarium.

Cawker City fair, Cawker City, Kansas
Creator: Cawker City District Fair Association
Date: September 24 - 27, 1989
This poster announces the fourth annual fair of the Cawker City District Fair Association at Cawker City, Kansas. Highlights include $5,000 in premiums, a good band, races each day, and grand balloon ascension.

Cawker City fair, Cawker City, Kansas
Creator: Cawker City District Fair Association
Date: September 24 - 27, 1889
This poster announces a fair to be held in Cawker City, Kansas. The poster includes a color image of cattle grazing by a water hole.

The sixth annual fair of the Cawker City District Fair Association
Date: Between 1870 and 1900
This poster announces the sixth annual fair at Cawker City, sponsored by the Cawker City District Fair Association. Highlights of the fair include premiums, racing, livestock and poultry, and reduced railroad rates. The poster includes color illustrations of livestock, sulky racing, and fair grounds.

The fourth annual fair of the Cawker City District Fair Association
Date: September 24 - 27, 1889
This poster announces the fourth annual fair at Cawker City, Kansas, sponsored by the Cawker City District Fair Association. Highlights of the fair include good races each day, $5,000 in premiums, a grand balloon ascension, and racing. The poster includes illustrations of sulky races with horses and riders.

Business men, property owners to Governor John Martin
Creator: Kansas Community Leaders
Date: March 26, 1886
In this telegram, business men and property owners from several Kansas communities plead with the governor to issue a proclamation to resume traffic on all rail lines operated by the Missouri Pacific Railway Company during the railroad strike of 1886.

Waconda Springs in Mitchell County, Kansas
Date: 1898
In these early photographs of Waconda Springs in Mitchell County, a hotel can be seen beyond the natural springs. The springs were about 200 feet in diameter. Unidentified people are shown resting on one of the rocky bluffs that surrounded the area. The springs were considered sacred by the Native Americans. In 1884, developers fenced the area around the springs and built a resort.

Waconda Springs in Mitchell County, Kansas
Date: January 9, 1908
In this postcard, Lillian from Cawker City, Kansas, sends regards to a friend, Mrs. H.L. Lomax in Lexington, Kentucky. The postcard shows the Waconda mineral spring in Cawker City, a natural spring waters recognized as healing waters by the people who visited.

Waconda Springs in Mitchell County, Kansas
Creator: Unknown author
Date: Between 1840 and 1850
A copy of a sketch titled Waconda Spring in primitive state. It shows Indians gathered around Waconda Springs located in Mitchell County, Kansas.

Waconda Springs as a Mitchell County Resort, Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
This postcard shows the Waconda Springs resort located in Mitchell County, Kansas. It was originally a gathering place for Native Americans but was later developed into a resort. Eventually, Waconda Springs was flooded as part of the Glen Elder Reservoir.

Report of Senator S.C. Pomeroy of a ten day trip West from Waterville, Kansas
Creator: Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891
Date: September 5, 1870
Senator Pomeroy travels west through Kansas, to explore areas of the state discussed for possible expansion of the Central Branch of the railroad. In this report he describes the Waconda Springs or "Great Spirit Spring."

Star 34
Creator: Kansas. Industrial Development Commission
Date: 1954
The Kansas Industrial Development Commission produced this film promoting the history and cultural of the state of Kansas. The film highlights the State capitol in Topeka; the John Steuart Curry murals; John Brown's cabin in Osawatomie; Boot Hill cemetery in Dodge City; rodeos; American Indians; sod houses; Council Oak and Post Office Oak in Council Grove; Spirit (Waconda) Springs in Cawker City; the "Home on the Range" (Brewster Higley) cabin in Athol, Smith County; Pony Express stations; the Beecher bible and rifle church near Wamego; the First Territorial Capitol in Pawnee; the wheat industry; the oil and gas industries; coal and salt mining; the aviation industry in Wichita; the Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene; Lost Canyon (including Cobra Rock, Sphinx Rock, Castle Rock, Towering Cliffs, and Monument Rock) near Quinter; lakes; the state fair; cattle and livestock; buffalo; the geographic center of the contiguous United States monument near Lebanon; and Coronado Heights near Lindsborg.

Standard atlas of Mitchell County, Kansas
Creator: Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Date: 1917
This atlas has a plat book of the villages, cities, and townships of the county, a map of the state, United States and world, and a Patrons Directory and Business Directory.