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Jefferson County History Bibliography

Image of Kansas map with Jefferson County highlighted.Bates, Elmer E. The Story of Perry, Kansas: One Hundred Years of Progress from 1854 to 1954. N.p.: 1954. (K/978.1/-J35/ Pam.v.2/no. 3).

Bliss, Mrs. Charles. Some Early Day History. Valley Falls, KS: Valley Falls Historical Society, n.d. (K/978.1/-J35/Mss./no. 5).

"Early Days in Jefferson County," Oskaloosa Independent. Mar. 31-June 2, June 30, & July 21, 1952. [14 pp.]. (Microfilm reel: O 1188).

Ferguson, Lida K. First School in Valley Falls. Valley Falls, KS: Valley Falls Historical Society, n.d. (K/978.1/-J35/Mss./no. 2).

"A Few Historical Notes of Early Railroad Days, 1872-1917," Dedication of the Santa Fe Station. Valley Falls, KS: Santa Fe Railway Corp., 1917. (K/978.1/-J35/Pam.v.1/no. 4).

The First Hundred Years of Jefferson County, Kansas, 1855-1955. N.p.: n.d. (K/978.1/-J35/Pam.v.2/no. 1).

Gephart, J.T.B. "Early Recollections of Valley Falls." [Valley Falls] Farmers' Vindicator. Nov. 10, 1911. [1 p.]. (Microfilm reel: V 13).

Grantville Community Historical Society. History of Grantville, Kansas, 1854-1976. Topeka, KS: H.M. Ives & Sons, 1976. (K/978.1/-J35/G767).

Hauk, Herman J. "50 Years in the Grain Business in Valley Falls as Experienced by Herman J. Hauk." Valley Falls Vindicator. [1 p.]. May 3, 1950. (Microfilm reel: V 63).

"History to July, 1876, As It Applies to Jefferson County," Valley Falls Vindicator. Jan. 16-Apr. 9, 1952. [13 pp.]. (Microfilm reel: V 63).

Insley, J.N. First, Second & Third Annual Reports of the Condition of Jefferson County, Kansas, 1879-1880. Topeka, KS: Kansas Farmer Steam Printing House, 1879 & 1880. (K/978.1/-J35/Pam.v.1/no. 1).

Jefferson County Community Project. Maps and Charts, Jefferson County, Kansas, 1967: A Supplement to Reports of the Jefferson County Community Project, 1967. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, 1968. (K/978.1/-J35/J35s).

________. Reports of the Jefferson County Community Project, 1967. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, 1968. (K/978.1/-J35/J35).

Jefferson County Genealogical Society. The Civil War Era Jefferson County Militia. N.p.: Author, 1990. (K/978.1/-J35/Pam.v.1/no. 8).

Kansas State Historical Society. Jefferson County Clippings, 1876-1999. (5 vols.). Topeka, KS: KSHS, n.d. (K/978.1/-J35/Clipp./v.1-5).

McDermed, William. Meriden, Kansas, Centennial, 1872-1972. N.p.: Author, 1972. (K/978.1/-J35/M142).

McLouth, Amos. The McLouth Times. Souvenir Edition. McLouth, KS: Author, 1898. (K/978.1/-J35/M22).

McLouth Centennial Committee. Centennial History, 1882-1982: McLouth, Kansas. Shawnee Mission, KS: Kes-Print, 1982. (K/978.1/-J35/M226).

Nortonville Celebrations. Nortonville Centennial, 1873-1973: Nortonville, Kansas, A Century of Friends Old & New. N.p.: 1973. (K/978.1/-J35/N829).

Old Jefferson Town, Highway 59, Oskaloosa, Kansas. N.p.: n.d. (K/978.1/-J35/Pam.v.1/no. 10).

Photograph of the first all woman city government in Kansas, Oskaloosa, Kansas, 1888."Oskalossa in the Fifties, Sixties, Seventies, and Eighties: With Related Items of Jefferson County History," Oskaloosa Independent. June 1935-Dec. 1942. (Reels: O1181-O1184).

Ozawkie Rural High School. Historical Editions. The Coyote. Ozawkie, KS: Author, 1939 & 1940. (K/978.1/-J35/Ozl).

Raines, J.L. "Some Interesting Early History of Perry & Kentucky Township." Perry Mirror. Sept. 12, 1940. [1 p.]. (Microfilm reel: P 1220).

Reichart, Viola. Half Mound: The Hill, The People, the Times. Topeka, KS: Econ-O-Print, 1994. (K/978.1/-J35/H138).

Roberts, Frank H. & John Roberts. Annals of Oskaloosa, Kansas: Items Selected from File of the Oskaloosa Independent, 1854-1886. N.p.: n.d. (K/978.1/-J35/Os26r).

________. Transcripts from the Oskaloosa History Articles Contained in the Oskaloosa Independent, 1933-34. N.p.: Author, n.d. (K/978.1/-J35/ Os26ro).

Sands, Joan. The Jefferson County Courthouse. Oskaloosa, KS: Oskaloosa High School, 1948. (K/978.1/-J35/Mss.).

"75th Anniversary Edition," Oskaloosa Independent. July 11, 1935. [8 pp.]. (Microfilm reel: O 1181).

Steffey, Erma L. Ozawkie on the Delaware, 1854-1976. N.p.: Author, 1975. (K/978.1/-J35/Ozls).

Photograph of Sunset Hill Tourist Camp in Valley Falls, 1920s.Valley Falls Historical Society. Valley Falls, Kansas: Presenting Points of Interest and Historical Sites. Valley Falls, KS: Author, n.d. (K/978.1/-J35/ Pam.v.1/no. 7).

The Valley Falls Kansas Story. N.p.: n.d. (K/978.1/-J35/Pam.v.1/no. 3).

"Valley Falls Post-Office Centennial," Valley Falls Vindicator. Dec. 21, 1955. [1 p.]. (Microfilm reel: V 103).