This rare image of men loading a barn loft with loose hay was taken at the Fred Steinmeyer farm, located five miles south of Alma, Kansas. The hay carrier had huge steel jaws […]
Haying at the Steinmeyer Barn
Soda Fountain Memories
One of the iconic businesses that existed in most Kansas towns of the 20th century was the local drug store and pharmacy. The business, itself, underwent great changes as the patent medicine […]
Video: Halloween Parade, Eskridge, Kansas
This is a short 8-millimeter video of the Halloween parade in Eskridge, Kansas taken in the very early 1950s. It’s a great little video of an iconic parade in small town America. […]
Kansas Ghost Town, Halifax
Welcome to Photo Friday. Today’s photo is a view of Halifax, Kansas, now a ghost town in Wabaunsee County. Located six miles south of Alma, Kansas, the town was first called Bismarck, […]
Delivering Ice, Alma, Kansas
Herman Tenbrink, right, unloads blocks of ice for Alice Johnson’s drug store located at 227 Missouri Street in Alma, Kansas. Charles Johnson, center, is standing on the back of his horse, circa […]
Wabaunsee County Historical Society and Museum 