Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Lake City, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 20, 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Lake City, Kansas. Built in 1907, the depot measured 20' x 42'. A cart and automobile are also visible.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Lake City, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 20, 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, built in 1907, at Lake City, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company section house, Lake City, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 20, 1931
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company section house at Lake City, Kansas. Built in 1907, the house measured 16' x 22'.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company section house, Lake City, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 20, 1931
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's section house at Lake City, Kansas. Built in 1907, the house measured 26' x 26'.

Interview on experiences in World War II
Creator: Mills, Norman Huston
Date: 8 November 2006
Mills was drafted into the Army (Other/Unspecified) in 1945 and served until 1946 in the Transportation Corps. Interviewed by David Fasgold on Nov 8, 2006, Mills talked about military experiences in the Second World War. The 2005 Kansas Legislature passed a bill funding the WWII Veterans Oral History grant program. This transcript is from one of the nine community institutions that received these grants. The transcript from the interview is presented here; the original video copy of the interview is available through the Greater Barber County Historical Action Assn and through the Kansas State Historical Society.

Interview on experiences in World War II
Creator: Wesley, Ray Junior
Date: 11 October 2006
Wesley was drafted into the Army (Infantry) in 1945 and served until 1946 in the 102nd Infantry Division; 71st Infantry Division. Interviewed by David Fasgold on Oct 11, 2006, Wesley talked about military experiences in the Second World War. The 2005 Kansas Legislature passed a bill funding the WWII Veterans Oral History grant program. This transcript is from one of the nine community institutions that received these grants. The transcript from the interview is presented here; the original video copy of the interview is available through the Greater Barber County Historical Action Assn and through the Kansas State Historical Society.

Kansas Pacific Railroad land agents booklet
Date: Between 1870 and 1880
This land agent booklet shows a plat map of Kansas Pacific railroad lands near McPherson, Kansas, in the Arkansas River Valley between Ranges 3 and 4 West, and 19 and 22 South. The shaded areas of the map indicate lands for sale by the railroad which it acquired from the U.S. government to encourage the development of railroads in the West.

Standard atlas of Barber County, Kansas
Creator: Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Date: 1923
This atlas shows maps of each township with the names of landowners. It has a patrons' directory, and plats of towns as of the year of publication.

Standard atlas of Barber County, Kansas
Creator: Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Date: 1905
This atlas shows maps of each township with the names of landowners. It has a patrons' directory, and plats of towns as of the year of publication.

Thomas Butcher
Date: Between 1895 and 1899
This is a photograph of Thomas Butcher who came to the United States from Steeple Claydon in Buckinghamshire England at age 20. After arriving in New York, he and several friends went to Jackson, Michigan to work and save money to purchase farms. Butcher saved his money to purchase land and bring his fiance, Elizabeth Mills, to the United States. He came to Kansas looking for land, and he eventually bought acreage located five miles north of Sun City in Barber County, Kansas. His fiance arrived in Hutchinson in the company of his brother William on April 25, 1875, and Thomas and Elizabeth were married on April 28, 1875. Butcher raised corn and wheat, pastured sheep for himself and nearby farmers, freighted between Sun City and Hutchinson, and did occasional butchering. The farm afforded an adequate living until about 1892 or 1893, when a combination of circumstances, severe heat and cold and prolonged drought, market instability, and over extension of credit to land-buyers increased the number of farm failures. Butcher's farm was among those that failed. He moved to a nearby farm and later moved to Lake City, Kansas where he stayed for one year. In June 1896, he made a trip through southeastern Kansas, northeastern Oklahoma, and southwestern Missouri where he looked for new opportunities. Eventually, he moved his family to Earlsboro, Oklahoma and later to Oklahoma City.

William Axtell video interview on experiences in World War II (transcript)
Creator: Axtell, William Landon
Date: 18 October 2006
William Axtell enlisted in the Navy in 1944 and served until 1946 in the LST 1141 and LST 978. Interviewed by David Fasgold on Oct 18, 2006, Axtell talked about military experiences in the Second World War. Axtell was born April 29, 1925, in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. He graduated from Lake City, Kansas High School in 1943. He was trained at the Great Lakes on tank landing ships (LST). He was part of a LST crew that picked up a new ship in Illinois. They sailed it down the Mississippi River, through the Panama Canal and ultimately to Pearl Harbor. He was a cook. His LST spent some time in Japan. The 2005 Kansas Legislature passed a bill funding the WWII Veterans Oral History grant program. This transcript is from one of the nine community institutions that received these grants. The transcript from the interview is presented here; the original video copy of the interview is available through the Greater Barber County Historical Action Assn and through the Kansas State Historical Society.