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Max Moxley Photographs
Presidential election 1884
This parade could also be a rally for the Presidential candidate James G. Blaine who ran for President in 1884.
Max Moxley Photographs
Flood of 1929--Sterling, Kansas
In this photo, taken on July 12, 1929, jeweler Bill Brown rows a boat in front of the Masonic Lodge.
Max Moxley Photographs
Flood of 1929--Sterling, Kansas
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
Flood of 1929-- Sterling, Kansas
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
History--Sterling, Kansas
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…
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Businesses
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…
Jerald K. Bourgain Photographs
Businesses
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
History--Sterling, Kansas
Originally Judge Ansel's house, this building later became the Sterling Hospital from 1909 to 1953.