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Road construction, Beloit, Kansas

This photograph shows men building roads on a Good Roads Day, Beloit, Kansas.

Rock quarry, Russell County, Kansas

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

View of stone slabs piled in a quarry in Russell County, Kansas. Also visible are men standing near or seated upon quarry equipment, men seated in two open convertible automobiles, and men seated on horse-drawn wagons loaded with quarried stone.

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.

People on a flatbed railroad car

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

This is a view, presumed to have been taken in Haskell County, Kansas, of a large group of people (men and women) on a flat railroad car being pulled by a locomotive. Also visible are a horse-drawn wagon and its driver.

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

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

View of a giant 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.

Harvesting wheat, Seward County

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

View of men harvesting wheat with a steam tractor, thresher, and horse-drawn water wagon in a field in Seward County, Kansas.

Chuckwagon and cowboys, Seward County, Kansas

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

View of a chuckwagon and cowboys eating at an unidentified location in Seward County, Kansas. Also visible are blankets and other bedding, farm implements, and a grove of trees.

F. M. Steele's photography wagon

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

View of F. M. (Francis Marion) Steele's photography wagon with a young girl on horseback in the foreground and a herd of cattle in the background.