Schools

Scope and Contents Ash Grove School District was officially organized in 1909, but may have existed in other forms earlier than this, as multiple school shared this name going back to 1885.The site of the school was about 12 miles southwest of downtown Dodge City, about 1 mile north of today’s Ford County roads known as 102 Road and Wilburn Road. The land that the school was built on was owned by a man named Samuel Harrell, who had come to this area from Cassville, Missouri. This location is only...

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Photographs collected by Myrna Eastin which primarily document Mullinville, Kansas during the 1910s, focusing mostly on houses, schools, and churches. There are also three photographs of dust storms in Kansas during the 1930s, and a few photographs of Greensburg and Lakin. One photograph is of family members living in Goshen, Oregon. There is also a photograph of a train wreck somewhere in Kansas in 1914.

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This collection contains record books, reporting forms, and insurance information for the Enterprise School (Dist. 58) in Ford County from 1942 to 1947, after which the school was closed and auctioned off.

Content Description From the Collection:

Photographs collected by Myrna Eastin which primarily document Mullinville, Kansas during the 1910s, focusing mostly on houses, schools, and churches. There are also three photographs of dust storms in Kansas during the 1930s, and a few photographs of Greensburg and Lakin. One photograph is of family members living in Goshen, Oregon. There is also a photograph of a train wreck somewhere in Kansas in 1914.

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This collection contains photographs of Spearville, Kansas and various students and sports teams from Spearville High School in the 1910s. There are also a few photographs of the remains of the Eureka Canal from 1974, as well as some early 20th century postcards of various buildings in Spearville.