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Hesston Middle School at Cross Wind Conference Center, 2020
COVID-19 (Disease)
Hesston Middle School students were bussed to Cross Wind Conference Center for classes most days during the fall 2020 semester. Since Cross Wind was…
Hesston Middle School at Cross Wind Conference Center, 2020
COVID-19 (Disease)
Hesston Middle School students were bussed to Cross Wind Conference Center for classes most days during the fall 2020 semester. Since Cross Wind was…
Building and Construction
Construction
"VOTH BRIDGE, Between Sections 30-31 Emma Twsp. Built by Harvey County Employees with County Funds. Completed June '65"
Building and Construction
Construction
"VOTH BRIDGE, Between Sections 30-31 Emma Twsp. Built by Harvey County Employees with County Funds. Completed June '65"
Aerials
aerial
Aerial view of Excel Industries, circa 1975, taken looking northeast. Note that the Hesston High School football field is under construction.
Main Street Street Scenes
main street
Five photos show the aftermath of a fire at the Colonial House restaurant on Main Street in Hesston. The fire was deemed a total loss.
Mayors and City Administrators
COVID-19
David Kauffman served Hesston on the city council and as mayor 2007-2022 (anticipated). Read more at…
Agriculture
agriculture
Pictured is a young John Bergey atop an upside-down wheat truck in a pasture. Handwritten caption: 1947, Summer, Western KS, Cab over Engine Ford,…
Peirce Photographs
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
Series of photos of the aftermath of the Hesston Tornado.
Peirce Photographs
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
Series of photos of the Hesston Tornado, mostly taken from the corner of Kansas Highway 15 and Hesston Road. One can see the wall cloud, lowering at…
Tornado Stories
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
A few weeks after the tornado, Judy Swenson's second-grade class wrote to their pen pals in Mrs. Veach's class in Great Bend. Updates about their…
Tornado Stories
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
On their first day back at school, Judy Swenson recorded her second-grade students' reactions to the tornado.
Alison Photographs
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
Still frame from Dean Alison's video of the Hesston Tornado
Alison Photographs
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
Photograph shows a full rainbow over Kansas countryside, presumably from the day of the Hesston Tornado - but uncertain.
Alison Photographs
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
Photograph shows a rope tornado, presumably from the day of the Hesston Tornado - but uncertain.
Alison Photographs
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
Photograph showing large, dark clouds in the Kansas sky, presumably from the day of the Hesston Tornado.
Alison Photographs
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
Photograph showing large, dark clouds in the Kansas sky, presumably from the day of the Hesston Tornado.
Alison Photographs
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
Photograph showing large clouds in the Kansas sky, presumably from the day of the Hesston Tornado.