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Land buyers visit Satanta, Haskell County, Kansas

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

View of James Septer Patrick's business building (Jas. S. Patrick Agent for Satanta Lots And Santa Fe Lands) in Satanta, Kansas. Also visible in the photograph are the Deal building and a water tower, both under construction, and people seated in four automobiles. The first two cars contain land buyers from Wichita, Kansas (only John Jacob Miller, seated next to the driver in the first car, is identified ), the third car contains Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Johnson from Sublette, Kansas, and James Septer Patrick is alone in the fourth car. Note the steering wheels are on the right side of the cars.

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.

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.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Fred Harvey House and El Garces Hotel

Fred Harvey (Firm)

This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Fred Harvey House, and the El Garces Hotel in Needles, California. The hotel was named after Father Francisco Garces, a Spanish missionary, and was designed in the Neoclassical and Beaux-Arts style. The El Garces Hotel closed in 1949 and became an office building. The office building and depot were closed in 1998. On May 17, 2002, the El Garces Hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Brewery album

A photograph album containing 37 photographs of saloons, Turner Halls, breweries, Shawnee County Courthouse, and shipping and delivery of beer in northeast Kansas.

Art Connely Barber Shop

This is an interior view of the Art Connely Barber Shop in Highland, Kansas.

Pullman car advertising Kansas land

View of a group of men and women, who are either standing or seated in automobiles alongside a solitary Pullman car which bears a sign advertising "Thurman & Alexander Lands -- Kansas." Also visible are a railway employee standing on the steps of the Pullman car, and a house in the distance.

Baker & Co. funeral home and unidentified barber shop, De Soto, Kansas

This photograph shows several people standing outside the Baker & Co. funeral home and barber shop in De Soto, Kansas. The town is located in Johnson County on the south bank of the Kansas River and along the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.

Harness and second hand store, De Soto, Kansas

This photograph shows a harness shop and a second hand store in De Soto, Kansas. De Soto was founded in 1857 and located in Johnson County on the south bank of the Kansas River and along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. The town is named after the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto.

L. W. Halbe Collection

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

The L. W. (Leslie Winfield) Halbe photo collection consists of 1500 glass plate negatives produced by Halbe during his teenage years. Halbe lived in Dorrance, Russell County, Kansas, and began taking photographs of the region with an inexpensive Sears and Roebuck camera when he was fifteen years old.