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Charles Haven Photographs
History--Sterling, Kansas
This early photograph of the west side of Broadway was taken at the corner of Main Street. The photo was taken in either 1878 or 1879. One point of…
Charles Haven Photographs
History-Sterling, Kansas
One of the earliest pictures of Sterling taken in 1875 or 1876.
Charles Haven Photographs
Businesses
[On label] This entire set of photographs was taken by Sterling's first photographer, Charles Haven. This studion (sic) was located on alley west of…
Charles Haven Photographs
History--Lyons, Kansas
[On label]
First county courthouse, at Lyons, located at center of present square.
First county courthouse, at Lyons, located at center of present square.
Charles Haven Photographs
1870s
[On label] Cement block houses, then called "patent stone," made their appearances early -- 1878. This house still stands at Seventh and Monroe.
Charles Haven Photographs
1870s
The "Odd Fellows Building" was built in 1878, for $9,000 by Judge Ansel Clark, attorney and legislator, who for many years had his office in the…
Charles Haven Photographs
Trains
[On front label] A very early locomotive in the Sterling yards. (A Taunton engine.) Notable for the spark arrestor on the smokestack -- to prevent…
Charles Haven Photographs
Businesses
Built in 1872, Green Mountain House was Sterling's first hotel. It served as the first home for hundreds of Rice County pioneers and could accommodate…
Charles Haven Photographs
Native Americans
Early Rice County historians say that in May 1872, when Landis and Hollinger erected the first building on the townsite of Sterling, there were only…
Charles Haven Photographs
Methodist Church
The little church at Eighth and Main was First United Methodist Church's first meeting house. Methodism in the community dates back to 1871, but it…