Quinter

Historic Quinter, Kansas

Through my mother’s family, the family of Jacob H. Long, I have inherited several scrapbooks and photo albums and dozens of photos of the Quinter, Kansas area. I’ve posted here those items that may be of wider interest.

Photographs

• Schools
• Church of the Brethren
• Farming
• Families
• Long and Miller Mystery Photos – many from Quinter

Posts

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  The Blizzards of 1912February 4, 2022
  We’re digging out from a heavy snowstorm in Indiana this week, and I’m so thankful that I can enjoy the comforts of home and enjoy the beauty of the snow outside. But I’m reminded of a letter in my collection from my great-grandfather, Jacob H. Long, to his brother, Sam Long. Written in March of
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  School Christmas Play, 1914December 19, 2021
  I was looking for a holiday story to share, and thought I’d share one from my grandfather’s childhood at Jewell Hill School, outside of Quinter, Kansas. Ten years ago, I was working on a “fictionalized” biography of my grandfather, Chester Long, for my eldest child’s birthday,. I tried to find as many details as possible

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Schools

Jewell Hill Students, 1907

Jewell Hill School, 1908

1908 Jewell Hill students (above), as identified in a family scrapbook, probably by Verna Long:

Front row, from left:

• Med Nation, teacher
• Dovie Sanders
• Elsie Ashworth
• Peryl Oxley
• ? Mittan
• Nancy Ashworth
• Julia Ashworth
• Effie Ashworth
• Virginia Jarboe
• Eva Jarboe
• Maranda Ashworth
• Ruth Garber
• Wava Long
• ? Mittan

Second row, from left:

• Chester Long (shadowed)
• ?
• Ira Sanders
• Gilbert George
• Verna Long
• Luella Garber
• Ruby Jarboe
• Mabel George
• Letha Heckman

Back row, from left:

• Mabel Jarboe
• Ida Jarboe
• John Garber
• Ira Long
• Roy Sanders
• Bruce Garber

Jewell Hill School, 1911-1912

Jewell Hill School, taken March 1914, Med Nation, teacher

Jewell Hill School, ca. 1915

Jewell Hill School, 1900’s, Linda Meyers Flora (teacher)

Jewell Hill families, above, date unknown, identified in a family scrapbook, probably by Verna Long:

1. Wava Long
2. Chester Long
3. Verna Long
4. Jacob H. Long
5. Oral Flora
6. Earl Jarboe
7. Mrs. J. H. (Jemima) Long
8. John Jarboe
9. Mrs. Ira Flora
10. Mrs. Mary Jarboe Bishop
11. Mrs. Henry Flora Sr.
12. Ira Flora
13. Mrs. Charles Ashworth
14. Grandpa Eller
15. John Doxon
16. Bruce Garber
17. Richard Garber
18. Mrs. Elbert Flora
19. Elbert Flora
20. Ben Flora
21. Olen Jarboe
22. Howard Flora
23. Ida Jarboe
24. Marie Flora

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Church of the Brethren

Quinter Brethren Church, 1910

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“Converts,” Christmas 1921, taken beside 1910 church

50th Anniversary, Quinter Church of the Brethren, 1936

50th Anniversary Photo, identified in family scrapbook, probably by Verna Long McKnight:

1. Orval Lahman
2. ? Harnish
3. Mrs. Hiddleson
4. Will Roesch
5. ? Harnish
6. Mrs. Neher Ikenberry
7. ? Yoder
8. D.A. Crist
9. Pete Boitnott
10. S.S. Long
11. Jake Blickenstaff
12. Kent Trimmer
13. Mrs. Annie Easton Woodard
14. Mrs. R.H. Sampon
15. Mrs. Henry Werts
16. Mrs. Jake Roesch
17. Mrs. Frank Miller
18. Mrs. Will Roesch
19. Mrs. Kent Trimmer
20. Mrs. Jake Blickenstaff
21. David Ikenberry
22. Mrs. Daniel Bowman
23. Mrs. Gus Anderson

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Farming

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  Thrashing Wheat in Western Kansas

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  Harvest photo, ca. 1930

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  Harvest photo, 1947

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  Harvest photo, 1947

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  Coyote Roundup, 1916

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Families

George and Ida Leopold’s Wedding, 1911

George and Ida Leopold’s wedding, as labeled in a family scrapbook, probably by Verna Long:

1. Grandpa Eller
2. Grandma Eller
3. Otha Long
4. Jacob H. Long
5. Doug Garber
6. Mrs. Doug Garber
7. Alta Long Dawson
8. Verna Long McKnight
9. Mrs. Billy Wigington
10. Mr. Billy Wigington
11. Josephine Eisenbise Ikenberry
12. Ida Jarboe Leopold
13. George Leopold
14. Mrs. Jake Blickenstaff
15. Ida & Geo. Leopold?
16. Marie Flora
17. Martha Blickenstaff
18. Julia Mohler
19. Virginia Jarboe
20. Luella Garber
21. Howard Flora
22. Ruby Jarboe Jamison
23. Henry Flora
24. Sam Jarboe