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Hesston Middle School at Cross Wind Conference Center, 2020
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"VOTH BRIDGE, Between Sections 30-31 Emma Twsp. Built by Harvey County Employees with County Funds. Completed June '65"
Building and Construction
"VOTH BRIDGE, Between Sections 30-31 Emma Twsp. Built by Harvey County Employees with County Funds. Completed June '65"
Aerials
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
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
David Kauffman served Hesston on the city council and as mayor 2007-2022 (anticipated). Read more at…
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
Series of photos of the aftermath of the Hesston Tornado.
Peirce Photographs
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
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
On their first day back at school, Judy Swenson recorded her second-grade students' reactions to the tornado.
Alison Photographs
Still frame from Dean Alison's video of the Hesston Tornado
Alison Photographs
Photograph shows a full rainbow over Kansas countryside, presumably from the day of the Hesston Tornado - but uncertain.
Alison Photographs
Photograph shows a rope tornado, presumably from the day of the Hesston Tornado - but uncertain.