Sterling Digital Collections

Sterling, Kansas

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Max Moxley Photographs
This spacious hall was located in the southwest corner of an inn. When the kitchen was closed in the 1930's, this part of the hotel became the living…
Max Moxley Photographs
The one-room West Washington School, about four miles south of Sterling is shown in this photograph.
Max Moxley Photographs
The D.J. Fair Lumber Yard dates back to 1872, and is recognized as the oldest business in Sterling and Rice county.
Max Moxley Photographs
One of two early grade schools in Sterling until a bigger one was built in 1911.
Max Moxley Photographs
A locomotive can be seen going over a small body of water.
Max Moxley Photographs
This photograph most likely features the Keystone Mill and Elevator, built by the town's first merchants, Landis and Hollinger, for flour milling.
Max Moxley Photographs
A farmer harvesting wheat in the 1930's-1940's.
Max Moxley Photographs
The 1950's saw the end of horse-drawn implements on local farms. The Mansz brothers who lived on Avenue V six miles east of Sterling, were the last to…
Max Moxley Photographs
In 1926, construction workers pose for a picture in front of the new grade school and junior high, as they finish up the sidewalks. In 2009, this…
Max Moxley Photographs
Flood July 1929 shows a man, a woman, and two boys standing knee-deep in flood water in front of a business. The striped awning reads, "... SAVING &…