Kansas 150 photos

View of a large Reeves steam tractor plowing prairie land to turn up sod. Created between 1891-1912

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F.M. Steele / Courtesy of Center for Great Plains Studies

Image showing assistant sergeant at arms in the Kansas State House of Representatives in Topeka, Kansas, after peace was made between the Populists and Republicans at the conclusion of the Populist War. February 20, 1893

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Kansas State Historical Society / Courtesy

Troops On State House Steps - Populist War 1893

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Mary Elizabeth Lease. Her cry that farmers should raise more hell and less corn.

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The Dalton Gang crime spree came to an end in Coffeyville, Kansas in 1892.

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/ Photo courtesy of the Kansas State Historical Society

Members of the Irwin Brothers' round-up crew seated on the ground eating a meal by the chuck wagon, near Ashland, Kansas. A cowboy seated on his horse, and two other horses, are also visible in the background. Date: 1898 Photographer: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

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F.M. Steele / Kansas State Historical Society

Studio portrait of Marcellus Murdock as a young boy. As a young man, Murdock worked in various positions at the Wichita Eagle, a newspaper founded by his father, Marshall M. Murdock. In 1907 he assumed the position of publisher and eventually bought the rival paper, the Wichita Beacon. His interest in aviation led him to become a pilot in 1929 and to help create the Wichita Municipal airport at that time. He was a booster for Wichita and active in civic affairs throughout his life (1883-1970).

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Wichita-Sedgwick County Historic