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Francis Eugene (Gene) Murphy is shown on the porch of his ranch house, located in Haskell County east of Santa Fe, Kansas. Also visible at right are a storm cellar (or "'fraid hole") and a windmill. At one time, Murphy owned 100 quarter-sections of Haskell County land. The house, built by Murphy in 1908, was later the home of Harold Walters.
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1908 and 1912
Item Number: 7864
Call Number: Haskell County Historical Society: F. M. Steele co
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 7864
Agriculture - Ranching
Built Environment - Function - Agriculture/Subsistence - Agricultural Outbuilding - Windmills
Built Environment - Function - Domestic - Single Dwelling
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Ranchers
Collections - Photograph - Steele, F. M. (photographer)
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Date - 1900s
Date - 1910s
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Home and Family - Residences - Exteriors - Other structures - Cellars
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Men
Places - Counties - Haskell
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Type of Material - Photographs
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