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Hilda and Elsie Pratt
Pratt, John Fenton, 1856-1937
This is a photograph showing Hilda Pratt (b. 1889) and her sister Elsie Pratt (b. 1894) posed along the western wall of their house near Studley, Sheridan County, Kansas. Cottonwood Ranch was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
previewMrs. C. C. McGuire and her daughter Clara at the Cottonwood Ranch, Studley, Kansas
Pratt, John Fenton, 1856-1937
This photograph shows Mrs. C. C. McGuire and her daughter Clara seated on the lawn at the Cottonwood Ranch near Studley, Sheridan County, Kansas. Cottonwood Ranch was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
previewStudents at Stach School in Jackson County, Kansas
A photograph showing first grade students at Stach School located near Delia in Jackson County, Kansas. The children are identified as Sumner (second boy from left), Gwendolyn Lunger (middle), and Josephine Simecka (second from right).
previewStudents at Stach School in Jackson County, Kansas
A photograph showing students and teacher at Stach School located near Delia in Jackson County, Kansas. The people are identified as (left to right) back row: Josephine Simecka, Elsie Bahner, Iva Bailey, and Miss Slattery, teacher, and front row: Leona Simecka (second from left) and Betty White (far right).
previewChildren on a rock pile, Tom Pratt home, Sheridan County, Kansas
Pratt children eat watermelon atop a pile of rocks. The rocks were meant for construction of the second story of the Pratt home and came from a sheep barn on the John Fenton Pratt ranch that had been destroyed by a tornado in 1911. Cottonwood Ranch was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
previewExcavations at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station, 14WH316
These black and white photographs were taken before and during the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Shown are a view of the Pony Express Station prior to being lifted off its foundation and after it was moved to the side so excavation could occur. Also shown are two progress views of the work during the field school, an ash covered, packed surface interpreted as an original dirt floor, room 6 after excavation, and a final view of the excavations. The site was the location of a pony express station, a stop on the Oregon-California trail, a post office, a blacksmith shop, and a farm with barns and other out buildings. The site was purchased by the Kansas Legislature in 1941 and is in the National Register of Historic Places.
preview1968 Excavations at Fort Hays, 14EL301
These photographs were taken by Kansas Historical Society archeological staff during excavation at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County in 1968. The excavations took place in the area of the officer's quarters (Officer's Row). Shown are two views of the House 4 cellar excavation, the archeological excavations of the foundations for Houses 2 through 6 in progress, and a toy dish discovered in the House 5 excavations. Fort Hays was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and is a State Historic Site.
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