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This black and white photograph shows the St. Louis-San Franciso Railway Company stage coach in front of the Oswego House, at the northwest corner of Merchant and Fourth Streets in Oswego, Kansas. The Oswego House was built by David Willims Clover. In 1867, it was a log house and the structure in the photo was completed in 1870. The coach, operated by S. A. Halsey, provided service from Oswego to Independence and then Coffeyville when the Frisco Railroad reached Oswego in 1876.
Date: 1870
Item Number: 225515
Call Number: FK2.L1 O.55 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 225515
Business and Industry - Lodging - Hotels
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
Business and Industry - Services - Transportation
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1870s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Coffeyville
Places - Cities and towns - Independence
Places - Cities and towns - Oswego
Places - Counties - Labette
Places - Counties - Montgomery
Transportation - Non-motorized - Stagecoaches
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
Type of Material - Photographs
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