Hesston Public Library

Digital Special Collections

Business

Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting, January 2, 1958 and 1958 Bonus Plan - Hesston Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Invitation to Hesston Corporation service awards banquet, May 7, 1977
Hesston Corporation - The president's newsletter - No. 4, November 28, 1972
Program from Hesston Corporation service awards presentation Saturday April 4, 1970
Aerial view of Hesston Corporation, 1986
Aerial view of Excel Industries, late 1980s
When it comes to friendship, Ma wins everyone's bid
Weekly auction brightens Thursdays

City Administration

Budget summary 1970-1981
City of Hesston industrial refunding & extension revenue bonds

Documents

Miscellaneous documents, newspaper clippings, etc. related to Hesston history.

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Hesston Middle School at Cross Wind Conference Center, 2020

7th and 8th graders meet at Cross Wind Conference Center for school during COVID-19
7th and 8th graders meet at Cross Wind Conference Center for school during COVID-19
7th and 8th graders meet at Cross Wind Conference Center for school during COVID-19
7th and 8th graders meet at Cross Wind Conference Center for school during COVID-19
Cross Wind Conference center hosts middle school classes during COVID-19
Cross Wind Conference center hosts middle school classes during COVID-19
Cross Wind Conference center hosts middle school classes during COVID-19
7th and 8th graders arriving at Cross Wind during COVID-19

In normal times, Cross Wind Conference Center, located on 61 acres at the east edge of Hesston, is a "regional destination for church events,…

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Peirce Photographs

Peirce Photos (Part 2)
Peirce Photos (Part 1)

Photos from Carol Peirce showing storm clouds before and during the storm, as well as a few images of immediate building damage afterward.

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Alison Photographs

Alison Photo #006
Alison Photo #005
Alison Photo #004
Alison Photo #003
Alison Photo #002
Alison Photo #001

2020 Novel Coronavirus Hesston Family "Porchtraits"

Pfaff "Porchtrait" 2020
Thiesen Family "Porchtrait" 2020
Epp Family "Porchtrait" 2020
Reimer Family "Porchtrait" 2020
Smalley Family "Porchtrait" 2020
Boese Family "Porchtrait" 2020
Simmering "Porchtrait" 2020
Hartzler/Steinkirchner "Porchtrait" 2020

In 2019-2020 a novel coronavirus mutated and spread around the world, causing a sometimes deadly disease in humans, commonly termed COVID-19. By…

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Main Street Street Scenes

Speed Print: 420 N. Main, Hesston KS, 2001
Colonial House Restaurant Fire
Women gardening
Main Street 1910-1950
Snow covered Main Street
Hesston Main Street 1975
Hesston Main Street 1971
Marlow Unruh 1971

Business District 1979-1987

Hesston: The Ideal Town
View of City Businesses
View of City Businesses
Main Street Businesses
Main Street Businesses
Main Street Businesses
Main Street Businesses
Main Street Businesses

Mennonite Central Committee

MCC Relief Sale Belt Buckle
MCC Relief Sale
Sausage
MCC working in a portable canner
Mennonite Central Committee using a meat grinder

Schowalter Villa

Aerial view of Schowalter Villa area, circa 1965
Schowalter Villa ?

Residences

Paradise Park mobile home park master development plan
Aerial view of Paradise Park mobile home park
Lyle Yost Home
Menno Weaver House
Chris Wenger's house
Building Dwight Lyon retirement residence
Murray & Dessie Bandy Residence
Harvey County Poor Farm

Hesston College [pre-1935]

Green Gables under construction, 1909
Early Dormitory Room
Students in the first library at Hesston College
Milo Kaufman, President of Hesston College 1932-1951
Green Gables and Administration Building
Student body of Hesston College standing on bleachers
Student body in front of Hesston College
Students spelling words in formation

Hesston College

Letter from Tilman R. Smith, circa 1968
Text of speech given by Milt Miller at Hesston College on April 9, 1964
Aerial view of Hesston College area, circa 1950
J. D. Charles Hall of Science and Arts, 1950.
J. D. Charles Hall of Science and Arts under construction, 1949
Hess Hall, 1949
Hess Hall under construction, 1946
Students in the Hesston College library, 1950

Utilities

Chris Hertzler & Water Drilling Rig
Willard Nitsche
Ray Hackenberg
Kirk Matz
Street Sweeper, Henry Pfautz and Milton Miller
Drilling Hesston water well, 1960
Sewage Disposal, water treatment plant
Modern Sewage Disposal Plant

Public Works

Paving Main Street
Beginning paving Main Street
Paving Main Street
King Construction paving Main Street
Ditch digging
Road work on city street
Road work on Main Street
Installing Christmas decorations on Main Street

Mill and Grain Elevator

Hesston-area grain elevator, circa 1920s
Farmers Co-operative Mill and Elevator Co.
Sunglo Feed, 1987
Newton Elevator in Hesston
Wagons and Teams at Elevator, circa 1908
Sunglo Feed, Inc. formerly known as the Hesston Mill
Hesston Mill fire
Hesston Mill fire remains

Churches

Letter dated September 16, 1969 from Mayor Harold P. Dyck to Revend Bob Baer and Invitation to Hesston United Methodist Church ground breaking service Sunday, September 21, 1969
Hesston Methodist Church #012
Hesston Inter-Mennonite Fellowship #002
Hesston Methodist Church #010
Hesston Methodist Church #009
Hesston Methodist Church #008
Hesston Methodist Church #007
Hesston Mennonite Brethren Church #002

Grocery and General Store

Samuel Razook in his Grocery Store, 1920
Early picture of one Hesston store
Swartz Brothers Grocery Store
Bill Curby in his Barber Shop Store
Interior view of Blair Store

Transportation

Exit 40
The 1906 REO Motor Car Company Model B runabout
1909 Model T Ford
Hesston livery stable
Hesston livery stable
Hesston livery stable
Hesston livery barn
Theo Perkins in front of garage