Abandonment of Mattie Marion by Husband
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1915-1919: Capper)
Date: 1913-1915
This file includes general correspondence relating to the abandonment of Mattie Marion by her husband. Topics included, but not limited to, in the correspondence is Mattie Marion being abandoned by her husband after moving to Missouri for him to return to Kansas, procedures to take her husband to court in Kinsley to support her and their child, and the role of the County and General Attorney and Governor in domestic cases. This is part of a bigger collection of Governor Arthur Capper correspondence.

Anthony & Northern railroad bridge, Arkansas River
Date: June 16, 1916
This photograph represents the Anthony & Northern railroad bridge over the Arkansas River in Kinsley, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Kinsley, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 9, 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Kinsley, Kansas. Built in 1887, the depot measures 27' x 84'. The building still stands and is used by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company.

Automobiles, Kinsley, Kansas
Date: 1939
This postcard shows two automobiles in route to the New York and San Francisco world's fairs along Kansas U.S. 50 near Kinsley, Kansas. This junction of the highway is considered the halfway point between New York and San Francisco, California. In the background, highway markers estimate the traveling distance to New York, San Francisco, California and Kinsley, Kansas.

Beatrice Coats interview, WWII oral history, Kinsley, Kansas
Creator: Coats, Beatrice Josephine (Basgall)
Date: December 29, 2009
This is an interview with Beatrice Coats, part of an oral history project entitled "Patchwork of Dependency: The Effects of WWII on Edwards County, Kansas" conducted by the Kinsley Public Library. The project was supported by a Kansas Humanities Council Heritage Grant. Beatrice talks of her family, education, and the home front during WWII.

Billy Olsen interview, Kinsley, Kansas
Creator: Olsen, Billy Jerome
Date: February 23, 2011
This transcript of an interview with Billy Olsen is part of an oral history project entitled "Patterns of Change, Edwards County, Kansas 1950-1970" conducted by the Kinsley Public Library. The project was supported by a Kansas Humanities Council Heritage Grant. Olsen talks of his family, education, military career, and his memories of the Edwards County community.

Birds-eye view, Kinsley, Kansas
Date: 1878
This photograph represents a birds-eye view of Kinsley, Kansas. In the upper left corner the Arkansas River is identified and street names are labeled throughout the city.

Bird's Eye View of Kinsley, Edwards County, Kansas
Creator: Morse, D. D
Date: 1878
This colored lithograph is a bird's eye view of Kinsley, Kansas, the county seat of Edwards County, Kansas. The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad ran through the town. This lithograph was done in 1878, fairly early in the town's history. The streets are named but the structures are not identified. The business district is shown as well as at least one church and some homes. There is a herd of cattle in the lower right corner of the image. The Arkansas River is in the upper left corner of the the drawing. The lithograph was drawn by D. D. Morse and published by Lott & Zeuch Lithograph, Chicago, Illinois

Blizzard, Kinsley, Kansas
Date: February 25, 1912
This series of photographs represents the blizzard of 1912 in Kinsley, Kansas. The blizzard devastated the town with snow drifts of eight to ten feet, blocking roads and interrupting train service. The snow from the blizzard stayed through March with temperatures dropping to twenty degrees below zero throughout January and February of 1912.

Bostwick Stock Farm
Date: 1887
This photograph represents an aerial view of John A. Bostwick's residence and farm near Kinsley, Kansas. The photograph was copied from the Official State Atlas of Kansas, L.H. Everts & Co., 1887, p. 245.

Boyd Mundhenke interview, Kinsley, Kansas
Creator: Mundhenke, Boyd Marlin
Date: January 26, 2011
This transcript of an interview with Boyd Mundhenke is part of an oral history project entitled "Patterns of Change, Edwards County, Kansas 1950-1970" conducted by the Kinsley Public Library. The project was supported by a Kansas Humanities Council Heritage Grant. Mundhenke talks of his family, education, his Peace Corps career, and his memories of the Edwards County community.

Buford Brodbeck interview, WWII oral history, Kinsley, Kansas
Creator: Brodbeck, Buford
Date: December 08, 2009
This interview with Buford Brodbeck is part of an oral history project entitled "Patchwork of Dependency: The Effects of WWII on Edwards County, Kansas" conducted by the Kinsley Public Library. The project was supported by a Kansas Humanities Council Heritage Grant. Buford talks of his family, education, military career, and places of employment.

Business street, Kinsley, Kansas
Date: Undated
This series of photographs represents the business district located at 2112 Main Street of Kinsley, Kansas.

Carmen Rodriguez interview, Kinsley, Kansas
Creator: Rodriguez, Carmen Rustica (Molina)
Date: April 18, 2011
This transcript of an interview with Carmen Rodriguez is part of an oral history project entitled "Patterns of Change, Edwards County, Kansas 1950-1970" conducted by the Kinsley Public Library. The project was supported by a Kansas Humanities Council Heritage Grant. Rodriguez talks of her family, education, and her memories of the Edwards County community.

Child wearing a World War I uniform and holding a flag in Kinsley, Kansas
Date: Between 1917 and 1919
This is a photograph showing a young child wearing a World War I uniform and holding a flag in Kinsley, Kansas.

Congregational Church in Kinsley, Kansas
Date: 1928
A photograph of women preparing a dinner in the annex of the Congregational Church in Kinsley, Kansas. The church was built in 1875 and the annex was completed in 1928. It was the first church constructed in Kinsley, Kansas.

Cordelia Froetschner, Kinsley, Kansas
Creator: Froetschner, Cordelia Anna Marie (Gall)
Date: September 28, 2009
These letters and photographs of Cordelia Froetschner were shared as part of an oral history project entitled "Patchwork of Dependency: The Effects of WWII on Edwards County, Kansas" conducted by the Kinsley Public Library. The project was supported by a Kansas Humanities Council Heritage Grant. Included is a letter from relatives in Germany, family photographs, and a newspaper article from the Edwards County Sentinel detailing Cordelia's yearly making of Pfefferneusse and Schnitzbrot.

Cowboy mounted on horse
Date: 1890
This photograph represents a cowboy mounted on his horse on a city street in Kinsley, Kansas.

Dennis Kindsvator interview, Kinsley, Kansas
Creator: Kindsvater, Dennis Stinson
Date: March 03, 2011
This transcript of an interview with Dennis Kindsvater is part of an oral history project entitled "Patterns of Change, Edwards County, Kansas 1950-1970" conducted by the Kinsley Public Library. The project was supported by a Kansas Humanities Council Heritage Grant. Kindsvator talks of his family, education, and his memories of the Edwards County community.

Depot hotel in Kinsley, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1898
This photograph shows the Kinsley Depot Hotel located at 213 East Eighth Street in Kinsley, Kansas. The long wood frame two story building was destroyed by a fire and torn down in 1898. It was possibly managed by Fred Harvey.

Dorothy Airgood interview, Kinsley, Kansas
Creator: Airgood, Dorothy Irene (Silvester)
Date: September 30, 2011
This transcript of an interview with Dorothy Airgood is part of an oral history project entitled "Patterns of Change, Edwards County, Kansas 1950-1970" conducted by the Kinsley Public Library. The project was supported by a Kansas Humanities Council Heritage Grant. Airgood talks of her family, education, military career, and her memories of the Edwards County community.

Edwards County courthouse in Kinsley, Kansas
Date: Between 1935 and 1940
A postcard view of the Edwards County courthouse located at 312 Massachusetts Street in Kinsley, Kansas. The courthouse was dedicated October 3, 1929. It was built by Roy Hatfield at a cost of $150,000.

Edwards County courthouse in Kinsley, Kansas
Creator: Russell, W. G.
Date: Between 1888 and 1889
This is a cabinet card showing the Edwards County courthouse located in Kinsley, Kansas.

Edwards County Courthouse, Kinsley, Kansas
Creator: A. & A. Drug Co.
Date: 1917-1919
This postcard represents the courthouse in Kinsley, Kansas for Edwards County.

Edwards County organization records
Creator: Kansas. Secretary of State
Date: 1874
In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a census taker. Initially, unorganized counties were required to document that they had at least 600 inhabitants in order to be recognized as a county by the state legislature. Over time the number of residents needed to organize a county changed to 1500 and later to 2500 residents. The census was submitted to the governor who then issued a proclamation indicating that the requirements had been met, appointing county commissioners and a county clerk, and naming a county seat. Not all of these documents are available for each county. Included in this file is the memorial to the governor asking that a census be taken, two completed censuses, and the proclamation by the governor appointing county officials and designating Kinsley as the temporary county seat. A complete transcription is available by clicking "Text Version" below.