A complete set of surveys and plats or properties in Wyandotte County and Kansas City Kansas
Creator: G.M. Hopkins & Co
Date: [c1887]
An atlas of Wyandotte County, Kansas, with owners of township property listed. It shows the railroad lands and various businesses.

African American baptism, Edwardsville, Kansas
Date: Between 1880 and 1900
This is a photograph showing African Americans being baptized at Murphy's pasture in Edwardsville, Kansas.

Baptising African-Americans near Edwardsville, Kansas
Date: Between 1870 and 1900
This photograph shows the baptism of African-Americans in Murphy's pasture near Edwardsville, Kansas.

Daily journal of Elisabeth S. Morse, teacher at Delaware Baptist Mission
Creator: Morse, Elizabeth Stevens
Date: February 13, 1866-July 14, 1866
This item is the 1866 daily journal for Elisabeth S. Morse who taught at the Delaware Baptist Mission near Edwardsville, Kansas. While a number of entries are fairly brief, the journal contains interesting information on Morse's daily activities at the Mission.

First School in Edwardsville, Kansas
Date: 1868
This is a photograph of the first school in Edwardsville, Kansas. Digitization funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Ira D. Blanchard
Date: Between 1854 and 1860
This is a photograph of Reverend Ira D. Blanchard, who founded the Delaware Baptist Mission near Edwardsville, Kansas. He is credited with building the first residence in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Junius G. Groves residence, Edwardsville, Kansas
Date: between 1910 and 1920
View of the Junius G. Groves residence in Edwardsville, Kansas. Groves, also known as the "potato king," was a potato farmer. He was so successful that the Union Pacific Railroad built a spur to his property because of his shipping quantity. Junius also founded the community of Groves Center and sold small tracts of land to African Americans.

Kansas City, Kaw Valley crossing, Edwardsville, Kansas
Creator: Killam, H.
Date: April 23, 1961
This photograph shows the Kansas City, Kaw Valley crossing in Edwardsville, Kansas.

Matilda and Junius Groves
Date: Between 1895 and 1905
This is a portrait of Matilda and Junius Groves, who were potato farmers near Edwardsville in Wyandotte County, Kansas. They farmed over 1,000 acres, and he was known as the "Potato King." The Groves shipped their produce all over the United States by railroad. Because of the quantity shipped, the Union Pacific placed a spur on the Groves' farm to load its produce. Junius Groves served as trustee for Western University in Quindaro, Kansas.

Nineteenth annual report of the Delaware Boarding School
Creator: Morse, Elizabeth Stevens
Date: September 2, 1867
Elisabeth Stevens Morse reports on the situation at the Delaware Boarding School in Kansas to U.S. Indian Agent John Gill Pratt. In the four page letter Morse reports on the "condition and progress" of the Delaware Boarding School. At the time of her report, the school had ninety-six students in attendance.

Union Pacific Railroad Company's box depot, Edwardsville, Kansas
Creator: Killam, H.
Date: June 16, 1957
This photograph shows the Union Pacific Railroad Company's box depot in Edwardsville, Kansas. The sign and tracks are part of the KS. Division, First Sub. Division at milepost 14.0.