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Civil War Veteran Obituaries
History--Sterling KS
The obituary of Edwin P. Holcomb, a Civil War veteran.
Civil War Veteran Obituaries
History--Sterling KS
The obituary of Edwin Inscho, a Civil War veteran.
Charles Haven Photographs
History-Sterling, Kansas
One of the earliest pictures of Sterling taken in 1875 or 1876.
Max Moxley Photographs
History--Sterling, Kansas
One of two early grade schools in Sterling until a bigger one was built in 1911.
Max Moxley Photographs
Businesses
The D.J. Fair Lumber Yard dates back to 1872, and is recognized as the oldest business in Sterling and Rice county.
Charles Haven Photographs
History--Sterling, Kansas
One of the five sod shanty houses that were in a ten mile radius of Sterling before the railroad.
Charles Haven Photographs
History--Sterling, Kansas
One of four majors fires that engulfed 20 buildings in Sterling between 1880-1882.
Max Moxley Photographs
History--Sterling, Kansas
The one-room West Washington School, about four miles south of Sterling is shown in this photograph.
Charles Haven Photographs
Businesses
Green Mountain House and Fair Lumber were two of Sterling's earliest businesses.
Charles Haven Photographs
History--Sterling, Kansas
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…