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Plimy H. Fisk to Governor John St. John

Plimy H. Fisk to Governor John St. John
Date: April 16, 1879
From Colony, Kansas, Plimy Fisk requests Kansas Governor St. John furnish him temperance and intemperance statistics, if such are available. Fisk has been asked to deliver a speech on the subject.


Saber

Saber
Creator: Ames Manufacturing Company
Date: between 1850 and 1865
U.S. Navy officer's saber with a brass hilt, sharkskin grip, and leather scabbard. Produced by the Ames Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts. This sword and scabbard were used during the Civil War by Amos Garret Perkins, a First Assistant Engineer Naval Officer aboard the gunboat U.S.S. Exchange. Perkins moved his family to Colony, Kansas, after the war.


Store and soda fountain in Colony, Kansas

Store and soda fountain in Colony, Kansas
Date: November 9,1909
A photograph showing the interior of an unidentified store and soda fountain in Colony, Kansas.


Burnett Hotel in Colony, Kansas

Burnett Hotel in Colony, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1915
Two photographs of the Burnett Hotel in Colony, Kansas. One shows the exterior with an automobile parked on the street and people on the sidewalk. The second photograph shows people in the restaurant.


Graduating class in Colony, Kansas

Graduating class in Colony, Kansas
Date: 1908
A photograph showing members of a graduating class in Colony, Kansas.


Interview on experiences in World War II

Interview on experiences in World War II
Creator: Luedke, Kenneth
Date: November 5, 2007
Luedke was inducted into the Army (Air Force) in 1942 and served until 1945 in the 440th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force - Around the World Unit. Interviewed by Suzette McCord-Rogers on Nov 5, 2007, Luedke talked about military experiences in the Second World War. The 2005 Kansas Legislature passed a bill funding the WWII Veterans Oral History grant program. This transcript is from one of the community institutions receiving grants. The transcript of the interview is presented here; the original video copy of the interview is available through the Doniphan County Historical Society (Troy) and through the Kansas State Historical Society.


Plat book, Anderson County, Kansas

Plat book, Anderson County, Kansas
Creator: Northwest Publishing Company.
Date: 1901
This atlas shows maps of each township with the names of landowners. It has a patrons' directory, and plats of towns as of the year of publication.


Standard atlas of Thomas County, Kansas

Standard atlas of Thomas County, Kansas
Creator: Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Date: 1907
This atlas shows maps of each township with the names of landowners. It has a patrons' directory, portraits, and plats of towns as of the year of publication.


Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Colony, Kansas

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Colony, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 1931
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Colony, Kansas. The depot was built in 1887 and located on the Eastern Division, Third District.


Walter Pearce Hull, Colony, Kansas

Walter Pearce Hull, Colony, Kansas
Creator: C. B. Wyatt
Date: Between 1894 and 1898
Cabinet card photo of Walter Pearce Hull, an amateur photographer. At the time this photo was taken, he was the manager of Northrup Store in Colony.


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