Sterling Digital Collections

Sterling, Kansas

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Charles Haven Photographs
Looking north down Broadway. The photo was taken by Charles Haven from the top of Keystone Mills, the present site of the Central Prairie Coop service…
Charles Haven Photographs
The east side of Broadway in 1880. The photo was taken by Charles Havens from the top of Keystone Mills, present site of the Central Prairie Coop…
Charles Haven Photographs
Charles Haven took many aerial shots of early Sterling. This is the West and East pictures together.
Charles Haven Photographs
The west side of Broadway in 1880. The photo was taken by Charles Havens from the top of Keystone Mills, present site of the Central Prairie Coop…
Charles Haven Photographs
Green Mountain House and Fair Lumber were two of Sterling's earliest businesses.
Charles Haven Photographs
One of four majors fires that engulfed 20 buildings in Sterling between 1880-1882.
Charles Haven Photographs
One of the five sod shanty houses that were in a ten mile radius of Sterling before the railroad.
Charles Haven Photographs
One of the earliest pictures of Sterling taken in 1875 or 1876.
Charles Haven Photographs
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
This photograph shows a crew harvesting broom corn. Sterling gained national attention as a "Broomcorn Capital," shipping trainloads of brush to New…