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Max Moxley Photographs
Grasshopper plaque
From the label on front of the picture: With grasshopper plague in 1874, farmers fought to make a living. Picked buffalo bones from prairie to…
Max Moxley Photographs
History--Sterling, Kansas
The Arkansas river flooded in 1929 and 1973. This pictures shows how the river looked in 1887, with low banks and no trees . Prairie fires were said…
Max Moxley Photographs
History--Sterling, Kansas
Band from 1887; the names of the members are on the back of the picture.
Max Moxley Photographs
History -- Sterling, Kansas
[Typed on label on front]
Interior of the original bank, erected in 1884. President Ralph Newman at right.
Interior of the original bank, erected in 1884. President Ralph Newman at right.
Alden, Kansas
Businesses
{From the caption} Alden State Bank and Stephen-Isern general store. The group includes C.N. Fair and J.H. Fair; Walter Isern and store employees.
Max Moxley Photographs
Houses
This historic house is still standing on 304 E. Monroe.
Civil War Veteran Obituaries
History--Sterling KS
The obituary of Bennett Boes, a Civil War veteran.