This document provides pictures and captions from Franklin County Historical Society's 75th anniversary celebration. It shows pictures of historical figures, landmarks, and events from Ottawa, Kansas' history. Activities from the anniversary include a parade, performances of music, a pie eating contest portraying a Civil War photographer, and the scanning of thousands of historical photos into an archive by the historical society's staff.

1. Our 75th year in pictures

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18. Vickie Sandell Stangl --
on Etta Semple

19. Louis Reed on Ottawa in
1937—Our Founding Year

20. Dr. Steven Foulke of
Ottawa University

22. Joseph B. Muecke 1944 Flood Damage at Depot

24. Installing Ottawa’s distinctive
concrete street markers
Gov. Avery at Centennial Parade

25. The end of the kerosene lamp—
rural electrification in the late 40s.

34. Louis, Cleon, Kevin Blackwell, Steve
Foulke, John Coen, Mark Cation, Blaine
Finch, Ken Woods and Louise Dietz pledge
allegiance.

35. Dan Doolittle plays
America the Beautiful
FCHS Board Member John Nichols cools off under a tree.

36. A hearty breakfast was
enjoyed at City Park by the
1859 Dietrich Cabin.

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57. Of the Esoteric and
terrible
order Of pie eaters
Civil War
Photographer
Alexander
Gardner as
portrayed by
Dr. Doug Mc-
Govern of
Hutchinson.

58. From an earlier production of “The Pie Eaters
Present: Spirits in the Old Depot Museum”

68. Archivist Susan Geiss Digital Projects Librarian Barbara Dew

69. Ashley Brannan
Has scanned over 5,000
Muecke negatives and
prints – entering over
3,000 onto PastPerfect
Has enlivened our
Facebook page to new
levels of readership

70. Storage building at W. Wilson
and N. Locust collapses in ice
storm. Board member Jack
Beauchamp stabilized the
building enough to get the
artifacts out. They were
stored all over the county.