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This is an interior view of the Bartholomew's sod house. Elam and his wife Rachel are in the photograph. Elam Bartholomew settled in Rooks County, Kansas, in 1874. He was born in Pennsylvania and his family moved to Ohio and then Illinois. In 1873 he became engaged to Rachel Montgomery and in June 1877 traveled to Illinois for the wedding. They returned to Kansas in September of 1877. The Bartholomews lived on their farm on Bow Creek until 1929 when they moved to Hays. Elam Bartholomew was a well known botanist specializing in rust flora and he served as curator of the mycological museum at Fort Hays Kansas State College. He died in 1934. A diary for the years 1877 and 1878 is contained in Kansas Memory.
Date: Between 1899 and 1905
Item Number: 208289
Call Number: FK2.R6 .75.B *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 208289
Agriculture - Family farming
Built Environment - Function - Domestic - Single Dwelling
Built Environment - Materials - Earth - Sod
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Scientists
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Teachers
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Home and Family - Residences - Interiors - Living rooms/Parlors
Home and Family - Residences - Sod houses
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Bartholomew, Elam
Places - Counties - Rooks
Type of Material - Photographs
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