Books: 

Title: Oz-Some Cooking & More 

 Author: Osborne County Geneolgoical & Historical Society

Price: $15.00

Description: A Cookbook and More!!!  Celebrating the 140th Anniversary of Osborne County.

The book contains History, Photographs, and Recipes from the five Communities in the County.

Title: The People Came (1997)
Author: Osborne County Genealgoical & Historical Society.
Price: $60.00
Description: Biographical book of county families containing thousands of names. Hardbound, 583 pages.

Title: Osborne County Kansas, Volumes 1 & 2 (1870-1930)
Author: Osborne County Genealogical & Historical Society
Price: $65.00
Description: Sequel biographical book to The People Came. Hardbound, 835 pages

Title: Sod and Stubble: The Unabridge and Annotated Edition (1996)
Author: John Isle with additional material by Von Rothenberger
Price: $20.00
Description: The acclaimed Kansas classic that tells of Henry and Rosa Ise's efforts to raise a family while homesteading on the Great Plains of North America. The setting for the book is in Ross Township of Osborne County. First published in 1936.  Softbound.

Title: Sod-House Days: Letters from a Kansas Homesteader 1877-1878 (1983)
Author: Howard Ruede, edited by John Ise
Price: $18.00
Description: The acclaimed Kansas classic that tells of Howard Ruede's efforts to establish a homestead on the Great Plains of North America. The setting for the book is in Kill Creek Township of Osborne County.  First published in 1937.  Softbound.  

Title: The Price of the Prairie (2010)

Author: Margaret Hill McCarter

Price:;$30.00

Title: Life on Covert Creek (2008)
Author: Mona Winder Kennedy
Price: $18.00
Description: An autobiography detailing a young girl's life on a farm in central Osborne County, Kansas from the 1930s through the 1950s.  Spiralbound, with everyname index.  70 pages. 

Title: Grand Centre on Wolf Creek:  The Story of a Frontier Community (2010)

Author: Mona Winder Kennedy

Price: $25.00

Description:  A compilation of Harley P. Tripp's 50 years of newspaper columns detailing the history of the Osborne County ghost town of Grand Centre (1872-1889), which later became the city of Waldo, Kansas.   With photographs and illustrations.  Softbound, with biographies and everyname index.  194 pages. 

Title: A History of the 1871 Pennsylvania Colony of Osborne County Kansas (1997)
Author: Von Rothenburger
Price: $18.00
Description: Stories and Family Genealogies of the initial 46 members of the colony that set out from Reading, Pennsylvania, in April 1871 and founded the city of Osborne, Kansas.  Includes reprint of the Minute Book, the actual minutes of the colony's meetings held from April 1871 through April 1872.

Title: Osborne County, Kansas Nineteeth Century Marriages, 1872-1899 (2008)
Author: Compiled by Von Rothenberger
Price $18.00
Description: Lists the first 25 years of marriage licenses returned to the Osborne County Probate Court. First half of the book is listed alphabetical by groom with the second half by bride. Spiralbound.  

Title: Nineteenth Century Veterans Buried in Osborne County, Kansas (2006)
Author: Von Rothenberger
Price: $12.00
Description: An A to Z listing by surname of some 1,000 veterans buried in the county who were involved in U.S. military conflicts from the Revolutionary War through 1899.  Gives known data on each and where buried. 

Title: Twentieth Century Veterans Buried in Osborne County, Kansas (2006)
Author: Von Rothenberger
Price: $15.00
Description: An A to Z listing by surname of some 1,000 veterans buried in the county who were involved in U.S. military conflicts from the Philippine Insurrection through the Gulf War Conflict.  Gives known data on each and where buried. 

Title: Original Landowners of Osborne County, Kansas
Author: Compiled by Mildred Minear
Price $12.00
Description: Plat maps of each township showing the first landowners (homesteaders) in Osborne  County.  Spiralbound.

Title:  What's Math Got to do with Farming? (2009)

Author:  Kelli LaRosh

Price:  $18.00

Description:  Excellent childrens book on how a boy learns that math really is important in life.

Softbound, 24 pages.  

Title: Lincoln Park Chautauqua: Everyman's University (2007)
Author: Darrel Miller
Price: $27.00
Description: A history of the Chautauqua park that existed between Cawker City and Downs in North Central Kansas from 1896 through 1970 and one of only two ourdoor Chautauquas in the nation. With illistrations. Softbound, 176 pages. 

Title:  Mt. Ayr: A Kansas Quaker Community
Author: Members of the Mt. Ayr Friends Church
Price $11.00
Description: Celebrating the 125th anniversary of this historic rural Osborne County Church. Spiralbound.  

Title: A Moritz Family History
Author: Henry & Anna (Hake) Moritz
Price: $25.00
Description: Includes the descendants of Henry C. and Anna M. (Hake) Moritz.  Spiralbound.

Title: Programs for All Occasions (2008)
Author: Awyn Ayers
Price $18.00
Description: Awyn shares her nearly 30 years of experience in creating programs for senior centers, churches, and schools in this how-to-book. Stuck for an idea? Can't come up with a theme? This is the book for you? 80 pages. Spiralbound.

Title: Pages of the Past:  A Legacy of Lucas 1887-1987 (2009)
Author: Carol Blackwell & Carolyn Schultz 
Price: $18.00
Description: A newspaper column of stories celebrating 100 years of the history of Lucas, Kansas. Spiralbound, with photos.  66 pages.

Title: Leaves of Lineage Quarterly
Author: Osborne County Genealogical & Historical Society
Price: $1.00 per copy
Description: We have a large volume of back issues of the Society's quarterly from the past 30 years. Get yours today!   

Recipe Books

Title:  Recipes Remembered: A Collection of Modernized Nostalgia (2003)

Author: Fern Storer

Price: $25.00

Description:  Osborne County native Fern Storer was one of the first nutritionists to work with microvave food.  She started in 1976 the United State's first and longest continually published column on microwave cooking, "Micro Minders."  This book is the best of her 25 years as columnist and food editor for the Cincinnati Post newspaper. 

Title: Treasures from Patriotic Hearts (2003)

Author: VFW Auxiliary #7743 & American Legion Auxiliary #49

Price: $10.00

Description:  A collection of recipes benefiting veterans groups in Osborne County, Kansas.  126 pages.

Title:  McReynolds Family Favorites (2005)

Author: G. W. Cook Shack

Price: $12.00

Description: Classic McReynolds family recipes mixed together with family history.  Spiralbound, 128 pages.