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1. The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men //1878 Biographical sketch of James Hampton Roads Cundiff, a newspaper publisher in Saint Joseph who was born in Virginia in 1832 and arrived in Buchanan County, Missouri, in 1840. He started in the newspaper...
2. The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men //1878
3. History of Montgomery County, Missouri History of Montgomery County, Missouri //1885 Early history of "Boone's Lick Road," "surveyed and laid out in the year 1820. ..from St. Charles to Old Franklin, in Howard County, nearly opposite Boonville." Used prior to 1820 before paving as "[d]oubtless...
4. Pen and Sunlight Sketches of Greater Kansas City Pen and Sunlight Sketches of Greater Kansas City //1911, ca. Photo and text about the construction company at 19th and Manchester Roads.
5. City Planning with Special Reference to the Planning of Streets and Lots City Planning with Special Reference to the Planning of Streets and Lots //1916 Photos and references to planned parks and residential areas, sidewalks, and roads, etc., with regard to conforming to the land.
6. Twenty-ninth Report of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Twenty-ninth Report of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution //1925-1926 Description of the establishment of the National Old Trails Road, organized by the Daughters of the American Revolution and funded partially by the federal government in 1912, consisting of a seamless...
7. K. C.: A History of Kansas City, Missouri K. C.: A History of Kansas City, Missouri //1978 Description of Harry Truman's role in Jackson County politics and public works construction projects (especially roads and streets) as a judge and later federal senator in the 1920s-1930s.
8. Following the Santa Fe Trail: A Guide for Modern Travelers Following the Santa Fe Trail: A Guide for Modern Travelers //1984 Building at Penn and Westport Roads built in 1850-1851. Bought in 1854 by Albert Boone, grandson of Daniel Boone.
9. Kansas City: Its Resources and Their Development Kansas City: Its Resources and Their Development 1890 Photo and description of W. S. Morgan, "contractor of plastering" and a native of Ohio coming to Kansas City in 1885, residing at 10th and Porter Roads (built by himself). "[E]ngaged on work in the Builders'...
10. A Memorial and Biographical Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Mo. A Memorial and Biographical Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Mo. 1896 Biographical sketch of Benjamin Rice, a farmer in Brooking Township of Jackson County and a former Santa Fe freighter of the 1840s-1850s. Born in North Carolina in 1822 and coming here in 1844 before engaging...
11. Confederate Military History [and Extended Edition] Confederate Military History [and Extended Edition] 1899 (1988 in second edition) Map of Missouri, showing battle sites and routes of the Civil War, as well as towns, roads, railroads, and other features, only on page 201 of the extended edition of the book.
12. Good Roads and Safe Bridges Good Roads and Safe Bridges 1908 Photo of George Dodd, judge of the eastern district of Jackson County.
13. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Biographical sketch of Joseph Lafayette Norman, or Joseph Norman, "president of the school board of Kansas City, Missouri." Born in Illinois in 1841 and coming to Westport in 1859 (with a farm at 40th...
14. Good Roads and Safe Bridges Good Roads and Safe Bridges 1908 Photos of three Jackson County judges, C. E. Moss (western district judge), J. M. Patterson, and Geoge Dodd, "all strong advocates of good roads and safe bridges."
15. Good Roads and Safe Bridges Good Roads and Safe Bridges 1908 Photos of Judge J. M. Patterson, "presiding judge" of the Jackson County court, along with Judge C. E. Moss ("judge of the western district") and Judge George Dodd ("judge of the eastern district").
16. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Biographical sketch of Charles Hoefer, "of the Woodstock-Hoefer Watch & Jewelry Company," born in Wisconsin in 1855 and coming to Kansas City in 1887, establishing his watch and jewelry business that year,...
17. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Biographical sketch of Milton Halsey, "of the Halsey Investment Company," a native of Ohio serving the Union in the Civil War before moving to Missouri in 1868 and to Kansas City in 1888, becoming "president...
18. Good Roads and Safe Bridges Good Roads and Safe Bridges 1908 Photo of a covered "bridge of ancient construction on main road between Independence and Buckner, over Little Blue river."
19. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Biographical sketch of Charles Harden Wornall, or Charles Wornall, a farmer of the Kansas City area. Born in Kansas City at the Wornall house at 62nd and Wornall Roads in 1876 as a son of John Wornall...
20. Good Roads and Safe Bridges Good Roads and Safe Bridges 1908 Three pictures of the stone arch bridge in Independence showing the newly oiled 15th Street.