My Present Past
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1920
Josephine Alice Lange in front of the Lange residence at 2019 Ruby
Avenue, Kansas City, (Argentine) Kansas. Sitting on the porch are Louis
Lange Jr. and Dorothy Lange. Standing to the right is Willimina Lange.
Photo taken by George Engel 1913
Edward, George and Sarah "Sadie" Engel
Argentine, Kansas 1896
Robert E Jacobs
The Hawthorne Club  1905

Argentine Kansas Public Schools
Samuel Crossett,  Agent for the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Junction
Wyanet, Illinois January 17th, 1879
1877 Chicago Burlington & Quincy Pass
D. T. Nichols & Wife   Mendota to Burlington
A genealogical experience
1931 Liberty High School Graduating Class

Ruth M. Engel
This website was created to honor the memories of my
present family and past ancestors. Behind each picture,
newspaper clipping, letter, note, poem, telegram, guest book
and diary entry is a story to tell. Similar to putting pieces of
a giant puzzle together, without knowing where you are going
or when it will end. That is the excitement that awaits me
and the enjoyment of telling the story.
Above:
David Thomas Nichols at the gate, Hulda Nichols seated, Clarissa Crawford standing and Robert (Bob) Crawford standing on the right. Picture taken summer of
1890 in Wyanet, Bureau County, Illinois. David T. Nichols was the first agent for the Chicago Burlington & Quincy railroad at Wyanet, Illinois in 1854.
Above: Dorothy Lee (Lange) Engel, my grandmother and
Ruth Mildred (Engel) Jacobs my mother, Lake of the Ozarks, 1920
Edward John Engel, Sarah Ellyn "Sadie" Engel (Nichols) and George
David Engel, Argentine, Kansas 1896.

Sadie Engel was very involved in the Women's Suffrage movement,
The Hawthorne Club and The Order of Eastern Star #85.
Guests at her residence in Wyanet, Illinois included
Susan B. Anthony in 1878.

Edward J. Engel was the agent for the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
railroad at the Argentine Depot in 1883 and retiring in 1928.

George Engel graduated from Argentine High School in 1908
and began working for Kansas City Structural Steel that same year.
In 1920, George went to work for the Swift & Company, retiring in
1956. He resumed work in 1959 for the Clay County Assessor's
office until March of 1972.
My ancestors originated from France, Scotland, Ireland and
Germany. Some of the surnames include: Nichols, Engel, Jacobs,
Lange, Ervin, Krauss, Yearnshaw, Blaine, Penman, Crawford, Dunwell,
Millard, Hailey, Barry, Lawrence, Lovelace, Pierce, Frans, Hauter and
Cook to name a few. In the coming months I will begin to post the
Genealogical record of those families.
Above:
Charles Ervin on left, Engineer, Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe at
Argentine, Kansas. Charles would marry Josephine Alice Lange
(pictured below) on September 8th, 1922. Jo Lange was the younger
sister of Dorothy Lee Lange (Engel).
Background:
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Depot
Wyanet, Illinois    Built in 1856
In this website you will find a large selection
of railroad memorabilia from 1854 to 1956.

Right: Sadie Engel's guest book entry from
Samuel Crossett, who worked with Edward Engel
at the C. B. & Q. - C. R. I. & P. junction at
Wyanet, Illinois from 1878 to 1881.

Argentine, Kansas, Wyanet, Illinois and
Liberty, Missouri are three of the numerous
locations covered in this site. For a complete
listing of people and places, go to the site map
or the Pico search below.