Russell County history collection, 1897-1977 (bulk 1897-1918).

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Russell County history collection, 1897-1977 (bulk 1897-1918).

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This collection contains a variety of materials relating to Russell County, Kansas. J.C. Ruppenthal compiled information on grave inscriptions at the Russell cemetery. There is correspondence between Ruppenthal and Adolph Roenigk. A poll book, Old Settlers Association, Russell County Co-Operative Association, and H. Wentworth Company records are included. There are Russell Citizens Lecture Association, Free Public Library Board of Directors, Russell Rifle Club, and Russell County Teachers Library Association Board of Directors minutes. Lastly, Russell High School class of 1921 records show class history, as well as an address read at commencement exercises by the class historian, Mary Lois Ruppenthal.

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Kansas State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7660680

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Citizens Lecture Association (Russell, Kan.)

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Russell Methodist Episcopal Church (Russell, Kan.)

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Russell Methodist Church (Russell, Kan.)

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Ruppenthal, J. C. (Jacob Christian), 1869-1964

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Russell County, Kansas was first settled by Euro-Americans on March 3, 1868 and included nine hundred square miles of upland, rolling prairie, bottoms, bluffs, and deep canyons. Passing through Russell County are the Saline and Smokey Hill Rivers. This county was named for Captain Avra P. Russell, Company K, 2nd Kansas Cavalry, who died of wounds received in battle on December 7, 1862 at Prairie Grove, Arkansas. From the description of Russell County history collection, 1897-1977 (bu...

Russell County Co-Operative Association (Lucas, Kan.)

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Rotary Club of Russell (Russell, Kan.)

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Russell County Teachers Library Association (Russell, Kan.)

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Old Settlers Association (Russell, Kan.)

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H. Wentworth Co. (Russell, Kan.)

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Freemasons. Blue Hill Lodge No. 168 (Russell, Kan.)

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Free Public Library (Russell, Kan.)

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Russell Rifle Club (Russell, Kan.)

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Russell High School (Russell, Kan.)

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Roenigk, Adolph, 1847-1938.

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