Abraders from the Nulik Site, 14SR305
Date: 1000-1500 CE
These four abrader fragments were recovered during excavations by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at the Nulik site in Sumner County. Archeologists call these groundstone tools as they are shaped by grinding. The sandstone abraders could be used as pairs, one on each side, to smooth a wood shaft. The excavations revealed a Great Bend aspect (ancestral Wichita) house and associated midden (refuse heap or mound).

Alfred Anderson, prisoner 9669
Creator: Kansas State Penitentiary
Date: February 28, 1901
This photograph shows inmate, Alfred Anderson, prisoner #9669. He was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary on February 28, 1901 from Sumner County, Kansas for burglary. This was his second term at the penitentiary.

Alternately Beveled Knife from the Buresh Site, 14SR303
Date: 1000-1800 CE
This alternately beveled knife was recovered from the Buresh site, a Middle Ceramic village in Sumner County. The knife is made of local Flint Hills chert that had been heat treated to improve knapping quality of the chert. Knives with the general diamond shape are also sometimes called Harahey knives. Archeologists believe that a knife shaped like this one would have been used for bison butchering.

Amos Clifton Rucker, World War I soldier
Date: Between 1918 and 1920
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 Amos Clifton Rucker, Battery F, 130th Artillery, 35th Division, who fought on the Verdun front, under heavy military fire.

Argonia baseball team, Argonia, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
A photograph of the Argonia Baseball team, Argonia, Kansas. The members of the team are: (standing) Charles Harlan, John Pennybaker, Brent Harlan, Mark Pennybaker, Otto Riggs, (seated) John Dunham, Austin, Newbold, George Cease, Gene Springer, Marshall Henderson, and Roy Ford.

Arrow Points from the Buresh Site, 14SR303
Date: 1100-1500 CE
These vessel fragments were recovered from the Buresh site, a Middle Ceramic village in Sumner County. The two arrow points shown in the top row are identified as Harrell points by their single side and base notches. The three Washita points in the middle row are identified by their hafting notches that are generally high on the blade and the two unnotched, triangular arrow points on the bottom are identified as Fresno points. All are made of local Flint Hills region cherts, three with a pink cast indicating they were heat treated during an early stage of its manufacture to improve the chert's knapping qualities.

Arrow Shaft Wrenches from the Nulik Site, 14SR305
Date: 1000-1500 CE
These broken bone arrow shaft wrenches were recovered during excavations in 1969 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at the Nulik site in Sumner County. Arrow shaft wrenches were used to straighten a warped arrow shaft. Two of these wrenches were made on deer tibias and one on a deer long bone. Two wrenches are decorated with incised zig zags and lines. The excavations at the site revealed a Great Bend aspect (ancestral Wichita) house and associated midden (refuse heap or mound).

Artesian well, Geuda Springs, Kansas
Date: Between 1880 and 1900
View of an artesian well at Geuda Springs, Sumner County, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe locomotive crane #112
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: February 6, 1932
This AT&SF locomotive crane #112 is an Orton 30-ton, gasoline operated locomotive crane, serial # 48546. The photograph was taken at the Wellington Tie Treating Plant for railroad ties, Wellington, Kansas. The stand nearby contains a gasoline pump.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot and Fred Harvey House, Wellington, Kansas
Date: Between 1883 and 1915
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot and the Fred Harvey House in Wellington, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot and Fred Harvey House, Wellington, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
These two photographs show the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot and Fred Harvey House in Wellington, Kansas. The two-story structure open in 1883 and closed in 1939. The depot and the Harvey House were torn down in 1965.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Argonia, Kansas
Date: Between 1950 and 1960
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Argonia, Kansas. The one-story wooden structure with batten siding is no longer standing.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Belle Plaine, Kansas
Date: September 20, 1964
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Belle Plaine, Kansas. The structure is located on the Eastern Lines, Middle Division, Fourth District along mile post 226.5.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Hunnewell, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 19, 1931
This photograph shows a general view of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Hunnewell, Kansas. In the foreground a hand-pulled freight wagon is visible. The one-story wooden structure, built in 1892, features batten siding and a pitch roof. The depot no longer stands.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Mayfield, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: February 25, 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Mayfield, Kansas. A cart is also visible. Built in 1908, the depot measured 16' x 40'.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Mayfield, Kansas.
Date: July 1955
This photographs shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Mayfield, Kansas. The wooden structure, built in 1908, measured 16' x 40'. It was part of the Western Lines, Panhandle Division, First District, Mile Post 247.0

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Mulvane, Kansas
Creator: Killam, H.
Date: September 20, 1964
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Mulvane, Kansas. The one-story "county seat" style depot features a gabled roof, with a operator's bay and a enclosed freight room with a flat roof. The facility was part of the Eastern Line, Middle Division, Third District, at Mile post 227.9 of the railroad line.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Mulvane, Kansas
Creator: Martin, William Lloyd
Date: 2010
This colored photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Mulvane, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Oxford, Kansas
Creator: Killam, H.
Date: September 20, 1964
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Oxford, Kansas. The one-story wooden structure with batten siding was built in 1880. The depot has been moved to the Bartlett Arboretum in Belle Plaine, Kansas where it is located on the west edge of the park.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Oxford, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Oxford, Kansas. The depot was built in 1880.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Portland, Kansas
Date: Between 1880s and 1890s
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Portland, Kansas. In front of the depot a boxcar and grain elevator is visible. The wooden structure is no longer standing.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Rome, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 19, 1931
This photograph shows a general view of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Rome, Kansas. The one-story wooden structure, built in 1880, with batten siding measures '24 x '42. The depot no longer stands.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Wellington, Kansas
Creator: Killam, H.
Date: September 21, 1965
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Wellington, Kansas. The depot was originally the Eastern Lines, Middle Division, Fourth District, mile post 238.9. but was later renamed to the Western Lines, Panhandle Division, First District, mile post 238.9.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company hospital, Mulvane, Kansas
Date: Between 1911 and 1913
These two photographs show the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Railway Company Hospital in Mulvane, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company sign board, Cicero, Kansas
Creator: Killam, H.
Date: September 21, 1965
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company sign board in Cicero, Kansas. The sign and tracks were once part of the Eastern Lines, Middle Division, 4th District at milepost 231.7.