$1,000,000 beet sugar factory in Garden City, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This is a photograph of the United States Sugar and Land Company sugar beet factory. In front of the factory is an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train advertising The Great Western Land Co. The train is pulled by locomotive No. 2170.

10 Ton Holt in 210 Shellhole near Sommedieve
Creator: Hughes, James Clark, 1888-1964
Date: January 21, 1919
Back end of ten ton Holt tractor stuck in a muddy hole created by an artillery shell near Sommedieve, France. Two soldiers are in the hole and two are next to it. James C. Hughes, as part of the 35th Division, left Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and traveled to Hoboken, New Jersey, where he boarded the troop ship "Ceramic" on May 18, 1918. Hughes arrived in Liverpool, England, on June 1, 1918 and then landed at Le Havre, France, on June 9, 1918. Hughes fought in the battles of St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne. He was at Verdun on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918. He took no photos of the actual fighting. He did take many photographs after the war as part of the Army of Occupation until he left France on July 18, 1919. A full biography of James Clark Hughes is available at the link below to Kansapedia.

1871 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1871
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1871. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1872 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1872
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1872. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1873 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1873
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1873. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1874 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1874
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1874. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1875 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1875
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1876. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1876 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1876
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1876. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1877 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1877
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1877. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1878 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1878
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1878. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1879 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1879
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1879. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1880 census of Farmer Township, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Creator: United States. Census Office. 10th census, 1880
Date: June 1, 1880 through June 2, 1880
This excerpt of a census schedule provides details--including the name, age, race, and occupation--of settlers in Farmer Township in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. The county included a black population (B=Black) who had settled there in 1879 with the help of the Freedmen's Relief Association.

1880 census of Nicodemus Township, Graham County, Kansas
Creator: United States. Census Office. 10th census, 1880
Date: June 8, 1880 through June 23, 1880
This census schedule provides details--including the name, age, race, and occupation--of both white and black settlers in Nicodemus Township in Graham County, Kansas. This township had been settled by African Americans in 1877 along the south fork of the Solomon River.

1880 census of Rock Creek Township, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Creator: United States. Census Office. 10th census, 1880
Date: June 11, 1880
This excerpt of a census schedule provides details--including the name, age, race, and occupation--of settlers in Rock Creek Township in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. The county included a black population (B=Black) who had settled there in 1879 with the help of the Freedmen's Relief Association.

1880 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1880
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1880. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1881 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1881
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1881. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1882 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1882
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1882. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1883 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1883
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1883. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1884 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1884
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1884. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1885 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1885
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1885. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1886 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1886
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1886. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1887 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1887
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1887. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1888 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1888
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1888. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1889 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1889
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1889. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1890 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1890
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1890. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.