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Hesston History

This is a collection of photographs, documents, and ephemera recording general Hesston history.

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Blank check from The Hesston State Bank from the 1960s
Includes references to Emma Township Water District and Whitestone Church's Eastlawn Cemetary
This poster discussing possible new sources of natural gas was prepared by Pitts Energy Group in Dallas, Texas in 1977. It closes with an appeal to…
This magazine article from Cotton Farming's April 1965 issue describes how engineers propose the creation of a North American Water and Power Alliance…
The regulations described in this booklet went into effect following their publication in The Hesston Record on November 18, 1976.
This map from the Hesston Chamber of Commerce is not dated, but was likely printed sometime between 1992 and 2001.
This map from June 16, 1976 shows the platting for Lewis Drive and Wheat Lane. The back side of the map lists the applicable protective covenants…
Hesston Sketch Plan, Plate III, dated August 1963.
In 1962, the City of Hesston had contracted Oblinger & Smith - Planning Consultants to formulate…
Location map - West Side Interceptor, Hesston, Kansas, Plate 1, Plate 2, and Plate 3. Drawings were produced by Wilson & Company Engineers &…
Copy from plans for construction dated 1945
In the upper right corner of the front cover is a handwritten note saying "4-11-62". On April 11, 1962, the City of Hesston made an agreement with…
The receipt, sent from the Post Office at Hesston, Kansas to Mr. Milton Miller at the City, indicates that a $15 international money order was sent to…
First is a letter dated October 26, 1979 from Lonnie W. Wege to Hesston's Mayor Milton R. Miller. Wege, Vice President of Public & Employee Relations…
This letter dated March 6, 1979 was sent from Kansas's Governor John Carlin to Hesston's Mayor as an invitation to The Governor's Prayer Breakfast on…
Lyle Yost, General Manager of Hesston Manufacturing Company, Incorporated wrote to Milton, one of his employees, to express his appreciation for his…
Lyle Yost, Chairman of Hesston Corporation invited Hesston's Mayor, Milton Miller to attend the Hesston Corporation Annual Meeting of Stockholders on…
Pierce offers Miller his support as Miller apparently was in the process of deciding whether or not to continue as Hesston's mayor. A handwritten note…
Enns, president of the Hesston Chamber of Commerce wrote to thank Mayor Miller for his assistance in supplying a special welcome to everyone attending…
Hesston's Mayor, Harold Dyck wrote to George Stafford to congratulate him on his appointment as Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission in…
Lyle Yost, president of Hesston Corporation wrote to Milt Miller, one of his employees, to wish him a happy birthday.

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