Early Meade Photos

Main Street of Meade

Sometime after 1914. 

D. Reimer collection.

Birds Eye View NE

Looking east from Carthage and Park St., you can located the courthouse and first Baptist Church on N. Fowler. 

D. Reimer Collection.

Birds Eye Veiw NW

D. Reimer Collection.

Birds Eye Veiw Carthage

D. Reimer Collection.

Carthage & Fowler Street

Between 1907 and 1914, shows the old frame First National Bank, the Opera House and old County Courthouse. 

N. Ohnick collection.

Early Meade Street Scene

Drilling a well. 

Haskins collection.

Early Meade Street Scene

shows M. A. Gampbell Dry Goods. 

Haskins collection

County Courthouse

The newly constructed courthouse. 

D. Reimer Collection.

Stone Quary Early Meade

Meade Cement Block Factory

Dated around 1907. 

Haskins collection

Cemment Block Factory

Haskins collection.

Meade County Press

D. Reimer Collection.

Meade State Bank

Taken in 1909 by Gerow. 

D. Reimer Collection.

Meade's First Phonograph

Listening to one of the first record players, Nettie Bohnam Brown, Rhue Bohnam Marrs, Clyde Bohnam, Myrtle Sharp. 

Haskins collection.

Delivery Truck

Perkins Dairy, Meade, KS. 

D. Reimer Collection.

Sourbeer

Franklin and Anna Soutbeer in the automobile taken in 1907 and Charles K. Sourbeer their son in front of his jewelry store. 

D Freeman collection

Presbyterian Church

N. Ohnick collection.

Presbyterian Church

N. Ohnick collection.

Meade County Courthouse built in 1888. Man on the right is John Randolf. 

N Ohnick collection.

Bennett Building

N Ohnick collection.

Bennett Building Construction

This is the Bennett Building being constructed... you can see the Washing Building in the background. 

N. Ohnick collection.

MHS Class of 1921: Top Row (L to R) Robert Hazel, Fay Porterfield, Eunice Kolb, Harry Fee, Jo Lawson, Fred Holderman.

Second Row: Wallace West, Wilma Woodward, Ann Lawson, Winona McGuire, Hazel Cain, Helen Adams, Paul Walters.

Third Row: Elsie Roberts, Pearl Heironimus, Pearl Runkle 

A. Parry collection

MHS Drama Class - 1921 (Pearl Runkle front row 5th from left) 

A. Parry collection

MHS Girls - 1920

A. Parry collection

Miss Fee - 4th Grade

1930

Blackford, Ralph Helsel, Roy Wasson, Imogene Beckman, Beatrice Wimberly

Elida Chenowith, Dorothy Jean Harvey

Evelyn Gadham, Eunice Cordes

Leo Eckhoff .Leonard Runkle

John Borger, Franklin Dixon

James Runkle ,James Evans

Benny Wolfe, Delsie Davidson

Mary Gilmore, Harry Pinnick

Olivia Burgin, Inez Gates

Taylor Boyd, Harrison Barns

Abie Kush, Charles Rathe

Frank Hall, Lois Rexford

Vivian Marlow, Billie Krisle

Margery Davidson, Joe Lockhart

Eileen Jones

Steer Statue

N Ohnick Collection

Old Swimming Pool

N Ohnick Collection

Old Meade Pool

Located where the basketball court is now. 

P. Smith collection

Meade State Lake

1920's.. dam in the background.

N. Ohnick collection

Cooper & Mars Bath House

On the north side of Meade State Lake.

N. Ohnick collection

Early Meade Lake

P. Smith collection

Along the Shore

Meade State Lake

N. Ohnick collection

Old Adobe Cocession 

Located on the west side of the lake, this building was torn down in the early 70's

N. Ohnick collection

Gardner Threshing Crew from Fowler

Gardner Impliment

P Smith collection

Farming in the 1930's

P Smith collection

Earl Rexford

P Smith collection

Farming in the 1930's

P Smith collection

Proud Tractor Owner

P Smith collection

Gardner Threshing Rig

P Smith collection

Sod Home in Old Meade County

P Smith collection

Ruel Brandt 1931

Running a tractor in the dirty thirties 

P Smith collection

Burford Threshing Outfit 1905

Fowler Library collection

Haywood Threshing Machine 1014

Fowler Library collection

Dewey Harvest Crew

Guarding the Wheat Plains

J Knott collecton

Harvest 1939 John K Reimer

Harvest in Meade County 1914

Hempel and Singley

J Knott collection

Plains Field 1921

J Knott collection

Plains Harvest

J Knott collection

On the left is a Baldwin Combine bought by George T, Classen, Center one is C F Classen's, On the right is B H Doerksen's, The car is B H Doerksen's new car and new tractor. All where purchased in 1929 and the combines were assembled by the dealer. Picture was taken in B H Doerksen's yard. Pete C Doerksen collection.

The next three photos were submitted by Brian Hantla. It was handed down through family history that his grandfather, Willis Hantla brought the first steam tractor to Meade County. The tractor, pictured to the left, has no fenders.In the photo one can make out "Flour City" on the engine cover, circa 1904.

The story is that Willis Hantla drove the tractor from St. John, KS to Meade with his wife, Lena, driving the water wagon behind two teams of mules.. top speed 4 miles per hour. I took 3 days to get to Meade.

This photo of the Hantla family farming operations was taken around 1911. Type of tractor unknown.

Willis and Lena Hantla (in the car) pictured with their threshing crew.

This photo gives a whole new perspective to MOVING DAY!

This photo was sent to us by Alma Regier and the best of our knowledge the people are:

Mr. Grub (owner of tractor) Jacob R and Anna (Friesen) Classen, baby Dick Classen, little girl Lena Classen. The older gentleman may be Anna's father, Klaas P. Friesen. 1916

This photo was sent in by Jim Brower.

Subjects unknown.