Sterling Digital Collections

Sterling, Kansas

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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
This is an early photo of Sterling's Post Office.
Max Moxley Photographs
This photograph features a bakery in the 1900's.
Max Moxley Photographs
Originally Judge Ansel's house, this building later became the Sterling Hospital from 1909 to 1953.
Jerald K. Bourgain Photographs
The Sterling salt plant was established in 1888 by Baker T. H. Brown. It was a brine plant until it was sold to Morton in 1929.
Max Moxley Photographs
The general office of D.J. Fair Lumber Company represents the hub of what was Sterling's extensive and successful retail operation at the turn of the…
Max Moxley Photographs
Here is the nursing class of 1932, posed on the front porch of the venerable old building which served the community for 40 years. Left to right on…
Max Moxley Photographs
Old Bulletin files show that water hit on Thursday, July 11, at about 3 p.m. and peaked at 2 a.m. on Friday. By Saturday evening it was gone.…
Max Moxley Photographs
The 1929, water came from a six-inch rain on Cow Creek northwest of Lyons. It entered Sterling from the northwest. Arkansas River waters never reached…
Max Moxley Photographs
In this photo, taken on July 12, 1929, jeweler Bill Brown rows a boat in front of the Masonic Lodge.