Abandoned house, Lane County, Kansas
Date: Between 1980 and 1985
This photograph shows an abandoned frame house in Lane County, Kansas.

Aerial view of Long Street, Dighton, Lane County, Kansas
Date: 1923
An aerial view of Long Street and the surrounding area, Dighton, Lane County, Kansas.

Alamota, Lane County, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1920
A bird's eye view of the town of Alamota in Lane County, Kansas.

Amy general store, Dighton, Lane County, Kansas
Date: 1929
An interior view of the Amy general store in Dighton, Lane County, Kansas. Bins of produce are visible in the front of the store next to a barrel of Sunshine Biscuits. A man in overalls stands to the right.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Alamota,Kansas
Date: Between 1890s and 1919s
This photograph shows the Atchsion, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Alamota, Kansas.

Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Dighton, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 10, 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Dighton, Kansas. The depot was built in 1889 and measured 24'x62'.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Dighton, Kansas
Date: Between 1950 and 1969
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Dighton, Kansas.

Avery under mount steam engine, Lane County, Kansas
Date: 1905
John Henry sits in the cab of an Avery under mount steam engine being used to plow a field in Lane County, Kansas. The engine was owned by Ford Brown.

Baseball team, Shields, Lane County, Kansas
Date: 1924
In this photograph, the Shields baseball team from Lane County, Kansas, poses for a picture

Boltx Store, Amy, Lane County, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
Several people pose on the porch of the Boltx general store in Amy, Lane County, Kansas. The large box-like structure in front of the store says "Fairbanks Standard," which was a type of measuring scale sold by the Fairbanks Scale Co. of Vermont.

Bretz harvest crew, Lane County, Kansas
Date: 1915
The Georg Bretz harvest crew pose with the Adam Groeff farm buildings in the background. George Bretz stands on the header; Lee Roy Bretz is standing at the far left with his hat on a pitchfork.

Bretz threshing crew, Lane County, Kansas
Date: 1915
The George Bretz threshing crew poses with their equipment, Lane County, Kansas. George Bretz sits on the engine in the foreground.

Charlie Bretz farmstead, southwest of Shields, Lane County, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
A view of the Charlie Bretz farmstead with home and outbuildings southwest of Shields, Lane County, Kansas.

Children riding donkeys, Lane County, Kansas
Date: 1902
A group of children pose astride two donkeys, Lane County, Kansas.

Children's parade, Dighton, Kansas
Creator: Kirch, William
Date: August 06, 1925
This is a photograph of a children's parade and Chautauqua entertainers on a business street in Dighton, Kansas.

Child's harmonica
Creator: Beaver
Date: between 1920 and 1931
This Diatonic harmonica with silver cover-plates, brass reed-plates, and a black and orange wood comb belonged to Dean Thomas of Dighton, Kansas. Dean came down with appendicitis on the first day of a major two-day blizzard and was unable to reach a hospital until after his appendix had ruptured. Dean Thomas died at age 10 on March 31, 1931. After his death, his mother kept many of Dean's belongings, including this harmonica, in a trunk.

Child's overalls
Date: between 1929 and 1931
This pair of child's blue denim overalls belonged to Dean Thomas of Dighton, Kansas. Dean came down with appendicitis on the first day of a major two-day blizzard and was unable to reach a hospital until after his appendix had ruptured. Dean Thomas died at age 10 on March 31, 1931. After his death, his mother kept many of Dean's belongings, including these overalls, in a trunk.

Clark Whiting, 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 Clark Whiting, Company H, 356th Infantry, 89th Division. Whiting was killed in action on November 11, 1918, the same day the armistice was signed to end the war.

Counties : Lane
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879-1883
A letter from E. J. Bell of Lane County, Kansas asks Governor St. John who has jurisdiction over Lane County, he explains in his letter there have been parties who have been attacking cattle men. A separate letter to Kansas Governor St. John also inquiries whether the Governor has jurisdiction in Lane County as well as other organized counties. There is a letter from R. H. Mitchell asking Governor St. John questions regarding attached unorganized counties to organized counties for judicial purposes. Other letters in this file are in regard to boundary lines in Lane County, voting in unorganized counties, and legislative actions.

County Affairs, Lane County
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
These letters, spanning 1886 to 1887, are from the residents and offices of Lane County, Kansas regarding its organization to Kansas Governor John Martin. Many of the letters are signed petitions confirming the population requirements are met for the county's organization and requesting the location of the temporary county seat. Governor's Proclamations appoints an official to verify that the county meets requirements as well as appoints county commissioners, county clerk, and a temporary county seat. Other letters request the appointment of county officials like the commissioners, clerk, surveyor, and census taker. Lane County was organized on June 3, 1886 and named for James H. Lane.

Cutting ice for the ice house, Lane County, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1920
Two men work to cut and move blocks of ice from a stream or pond, Lane County, Kansas.

"Dickinson No. 1" oil well, Lane County, Kansas
Date: May 13, 1925
The "Dickinson No. 1" oil well spudding in on May 13, 1925. In the oil and gas industry, "spudding" refers to the process of beginning to drill a well.

Dighton Baptist Church, Lane County, Kansas
Date: 1910
The Dighton Baptist Church, Dighton, Lane County, Kansas.

Dighton, Lane County, Kansas street scene after a snow storm
Date: December 21, 1911
This is a photograph of snow is piled up on Long Street in Dighton, Lane County, Kansas after the snow storm of December 21, 1911.

Dighton Lumber Company, Dighton, Lane County, Kansas
Date: 1924
An exterior view of the Dighton Lumber Company building in Dighton, Lane County, Kansas. The photo was taken by "Kirch" in 1924, according to a notation on the photo.