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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.

Spectators at a baseball game

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

View of people, cars, and carriages at a baseball game, presumed to have been taken in Haskell County, Kansas.

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.

Sheep near a man-made stock pond

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

This is a view of sheep near a man-made stock water pond on an unidentified farm presumed to be in Haskell County, Kansas. Sheep were an important economic asset in early Haskell County agriculture.

Cattle in a fenced pasture

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

View of cattle in a fenced pasture, next to a barn, on an unidentified farm presumed to be in Haskell County, Kansas. Also visible in the photograph are a man afoot, a horse-drawn carriage, a farmhouse and outlying farm buildings, and a man and boys astride horses.

Horse sale, Santa Fe, Haskell County, Kansas

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

There was brisk trading in Santa Fe, Kansas, whenever a herd of sleek horses like these were offered for sale, as the pioneers were unaccustomed to the benefits of motorized farming, and even motor cars were a rarity. John Jacob Miller is shown facing the camera (sixth man from the right, dressed in a hat, tie, white shirt, and vest). Also visible in the photograph are the Haskell County courthouse, Cave's Store, and Frank McCoy Lands. Santa Fe was the first county seat of Haskell County, Kansas. In 1912, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad built a line from Dodge City, Kansas, to Elkhart, Kansas, that bypassed the town by seven miles. In 1920, the Haskell Country seat was moved to Sublette, which had prospered by being on the AT&SF rail line, and Santa Fe faded away into a ghost town.

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.