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Events and Celebrations
parades, social events
Strange float that is protesting taxes. Appears to be designed to look like somthing from the 30s and is not actually protesting the contemporary…
Agriculture
agriculture
"When rabbits ate crops, farmers organized a hunt to decrease rabbit populations. W.K Pfautz Produce bought rabbits to ship to New York for food." --…
Utilities
fire, public works
Ray Hackenburg, Superintendent of Utilities for 25 years, served volunteer fire department for 30 years. Retired in 1986.
Tornado Stories
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
On their first day back at school, Judy Swenson recorded her second-grade students' reactions to the tornado.
Regehr Photographs
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
"Pizza Hut. (Paul's neg.) -3" -back of photo
Regehr Photographs
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
"Pizza Hut. (Paul's neg.) -5" -back of photo
Regehr Photographs
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
"Tornado damage. On far side of highway is where Ole Town Square had been, including Hesston Decorating Center. Some of it is now on this side of the…
Regehr Photographs
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
"Hesston Machine & Welding owned by Stan Swartzendruber on West Knott." -back of photo
Regehr Photographs
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
"Roupp Apartments owned by Paul Roupp." -back of photo
Regehr Photographs
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
"The house that was here had been built by Arnold Lein." -back of photo
Regehr Photographs
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
"Looking west. In distance was a cul-de-sac with several houses which all blew away in the tornado with most even losing their subflooring. At the…
Regehr Photographs
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
"Grain bin and elevator north of the bank. Both were later taken down." -back of photo
Regehr Photographs
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
"Pick-up near Paul's Inc." -back of photo
Regehr Photographs
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
"I think this was 'Hair Designs' in the process of being torn down." -back of photo
Regehr Photographs
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
"A powerful tornado hit Hesston 5:40 P.M. Tuesday Mar. 13, 1990. We arrived back in Hesston (from a trip to Alabama) on Thurs. evening, the 15th.…
Regehr Photographs
Tornadoes--Hesston (Kan.)
"Taken north of the curve of Meadow Lane looking mostly west, a little S.W. John Regier's house in the distance, extreme left, is repairable. All of…