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Street scene in Arkansas City, Kansas

This photograph shows what could be the main street of Arkansas City, Kansas. A number of business buildings are visible as well as horse drawn wagons/carriages and a trolley car.

Peck and Weakly threshing machine, Russell County, Kansas

Halbe, L. W. (Leslie Winfield), 1893-1981

View of people posed with the Peck & Weakly threshing machine in Russell County, Kansas. Also visible is a horse-drawn wagon, and people, including two young children, seated in and upon an open automobile.

Mess wagon of the S--T outfit, near Lipscomb, Texas

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

This photograph shows a group of cowboys in front of the mess wagon of the S--T outfit, near Lipscomb, Texas,

Hostetter's ranch south of Coats, Kansas

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

Hereford heifers on the Hostetter's ranch (owned by Harris and Crane of Ottawa, Kansas) south of Coats, Kansas. A wagon, hay mounds, wooden fences, and out-buildings are also visible in the photograph.

B. R. Grimes' mess wagon, Ashland, Kansas

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

This is a view of cowboys eating a meal by the B. R. Grime's chuck wagon in Ashland, Kansas.

Cowboys camped out on the trail

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

View of a round-up crew seated on the ground eating a meal near a chuck wagon. Rolled up canvasses and horses are also visible in the photograph.

Hauling dirt for the railroad bed

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

This is a view, presumed to have been taken in Haskell County, Kansas, of rail workers using horse- and mule-drawn wagons to haul dirt for a railroad bed.

Giant steam tractor pulling four one-way disks to turn wheat stubble

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

This is a view of a large steam tractor pulling four one-way discs to turn up wheat stubble in a field. Also visible are a horse-drawn wagon and three men.

Moving S.E. Cave's office building from Santa Fe to Sublette, Kansas

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

This is a view of workers using wagons and mules to move S. E. Cave's office building from Santa Fe, Kansas, to the new Haskell County seat in Sublette, Kansas. The James S. Patrick Real Estate office, left, was later moved to Satanta, Kansas. In the background, behind the S. E. Cave building, is the original Haskell County Courthouse building. Santa Fe pioneers fought hard for a railroad for Haskell County, but when it came in 1913, it missed Santa Fe, the original county seat, by seven miles. In 1920, the county seat was moved to Sublette, Kansas, which had prospered by being on the Santa Fe railroad line, and Santa Fe faded away into a ghost town.

Cowboys bathing in a pond, Seward County, Kansas

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

This is a view of cowboys bathing in a pond in Seward County, Kansas. Also visible are other cowboys, horses, and a chuckwagon.