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Churches
David Mann, pastor of Hesston Mennonite Church -back of photo
Residences
Named "Paradise Park", this plan for a mobile home park on the northeast corner of Ridge and Hickory includes 135 mobile home sites located on streets…
Residences
Photo of a random moble home located in Paradise Park. "PARADISE PARK Mobile Home Park of Mobile Air, Inc HESSTON HOME CENTER" -- typed on back of…
Events and Celebrations
Parade where the crowd appears to be pursuing a chicken
Tornado Stories
Agriculture
Photo of unknown person sitting in Oliver 1850 Tractor
Events and Celebrations
Old wheat combine harvester rolls down the street in a parade.
Main Street Street Scenes
NB 3 - Looking out of the west doors of City Hall toward the intersection of Old 81 Highway and Main Street, about 1968. -- typed on back of photo.
Documents
A collection of stories recounting personal experiences of the Hesston Tornado
Hesston College
Outside view of Northlawn music building at Hesston College. Dated Sept. 5, 1971.
Mill and Grain Elevator
"Newton Elevator in Hesston. Wm Hanke, operator. Lola Glenn" -handwritten on back of photo
Documents
2020 Novel Coronavirus Hesston Family "Porchtraits"
Jacquelyn "Jackie" Nelson wrote, "The history of a people and community does not lie in the extraordinary events or the highlights of the…
Mayors and City Administrators
Murray Bandy, 1957-1959
Residences
Mar 1987- Murray & Dessie Bandy residence at 116 E Reusser. View is from top of Hesston Mill.
Hesston History
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…
Utilities
Modern Sewage Disposal Plant, keeping pace with modern technology, Hesston completed this plant in 1981. Willard Nitxche has been plant superintendent…
Fire/EMT
FD-1 Modeal A Ford Fire truck used from 1929 to approx. 1950. Tanks held water and to fight a fire the containers on top which held chimcals were…
Business
Handwritten notes are assumed to have been written by Milt Miller
Documents
Article in the Hesston Record, Thursday, September 20, 1990.