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Dam on the Avery ranch near Englewood, Kansas

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

A typical scene in western Kansas, where canyons were dammed to hold water for livestock. This view was taken on the Avery ranch near Englewood, Kansas. Two horse-drawn carriages are visible in the background.

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.

Lindley Dakin injured in a riding accident, Ashland, Kansas

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

This is a view of cowboys administering medical aid to Lindley Dakin, who was seriously injured when a cow pony fell on him in a riding accident in Ashland, Kansas.

Albert Dwight Searl

Storm, F. D.

This cabinet card shows Albert Dwight Searl, (1831-1902), a surveyor and Civil War solider. He arrived in Lawrence, Kansas, on September 15, 1854 with the second party of the New England Emigrant Aid Company. A surveyor by profession, Searl went to work laying out the entire city of Lawrence and the city of Topeka, Kansas. He also surveyed the Kansas towns of Manhattan, Burlington, El Dorado, and Osawatomie before the start of the Civil War. In 1861, Searl enlisted as a private in the Eighth Kansas Volunteers and within a short period of time he was promoted to second lieutenant and later a first lieutenant of Company D. During the final years of the war, Searl transferred to the 9th Kansas Calvary before he mustered out of service. After the war, Searl resumed his career by surveying towns along the Union Pacific Railroad and he became the chief engineer for the St. Louis, Lawrence & Denver Railroad and the St. Louis, Lawrence & Western Railroad. As construction on the railroad moved across Kansas and into the Colorado territory, Searl found himself moving from Lawrence in 1872 to Leadville, Colorado. In Colorado, he surveyed the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and was engaged in a number of mining ventures. On October 20, 1902 Albert Dwight Searl died at his home in Leadville, Colorado, at the age of seventy-one. Burial was in Lawrence, Kansas.

Middle Creek Band

View of the members of the Middle Creek Band of Middle Creek, Kansas, in a mule-drawn wagon.

Modern Woodmen of America Band, Nortonville, Kansas

View of the Modern Woodmen of America band and spectators at the Nortonville, Kansas, railroad depot.

Band, Holyrood, Kansas

A view of members of a band, shown seated with their instruments, on a city street in Holyrood, Kansas. Also visible are spectators, parked automobiles, a utility pole, and buildings and businesses along the city street.

Band, Scott City, Kansas

This is a view of the members of a band, posed with their instruments, at the Scott City, Kansas, railroad depot. The photograph's caption identifies the occasion as "Arrival of Immigration Bureau, special train, at Scott City, June 9, 1906." Also visible are spectators, a Pullman car and Pullman porters, passenger cars, a horse-drawn carriage, horse-drawn wagons, the train depot building, utility poles and power lines, and unidentified buildings in the background.

Thielen elevator, Dorrance, Kansas

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

These grain wagons are at the Thielen Grain Company elevator, Dorrance, Kansas.