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 Image: Title: Date: Description:
1. Darby Corporation Darby Corporation Postcard of the Darby Corporation, U.S. Navy Ship builders
2. Riverboat Operations Riverboat Operations The Franklin D. Roosevelt pushing barges carrying unidentified cargo.
3. Riverboat Pushing Barges Riverboat Pushing Barges Riverboat pushing barges carrying unidentified cargo.
4. Henry Stewart Henry Stewart 1902 Photo and bio of Henry Stewart, county marshal and co-founder of the Stewart-Peck Sand Company in 1897, born in Connecticut in 1858 and coming to Kansas City about 1877.
A pioneer in the [sand] industry,...
5. Annual Review of Greater Kansas City Illustrated, 1908 Annual Review of Greater Kansas City Illustrated, 1908 1908 Photos and description of the Missouri Valley River Improvement Association, formed in 1906 "by representatives of the principal commercial bodies of Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kas." to improve...
6. Kansas City Riverfront Kansas City Riverfront 1930 Looking southwest at Missouri river and riverbank from ASB Bridge.
7. Missouri River Missouri River 1930 Looking east along the south bank of the Missouri River from ASB Bridge.
8. 1951 Flood 1951 Flood 1951 Aerial view of the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers and the Intercity Viaduct. Shows broken dike.
9. 1951 Flood 1951 Flood 1951 Aerial view of barges stuck against the second Hannibal Bridge during the 1951 Flood.
10. Flooded River Area Flooded River Area 1951 Aerial view of barges and flooding surrounding the Midwest Terminal Warehouse Co., #3 Building during the 1951 Flood.
11. 1951 Flood Photograph Collection Finding Aid 1951 Flood Photograph Collection Finding Aid 1951 The collection of 30 black and white photographs include aerial views as well as ground shots of streets, rubble, river bottoms, etc., during the 1951 flood in Kansas City. It also contains views of the...
12. Biography of William Chick (1794-1847), Pioneer Biography of William Chick (1794-1847), Pioneer 2008
13. Missouri Wins One in River Wars Missouri Wins One in River Wars April 25, 2006 The U.S. Supreme Court ''decided not to hear a legal case'' about storing more water in the reservoirs in the Dakotas and Montana. This ''means more water will continue to be released from the northern...
14. Barges on Shoals: Promised for June, Missouri River Barge Line Still Has a Lot of Obstacles to Surmount Barges on Shoals: Promised for June, Missouri River Barge Line Still Has a Lot of Obstacles to Surmount April/6/1935 Article about the progress on "Kansas City's barge line" for Missouri River shipping traffic, planned for opening in June 1935 but encountering more navigation, storage, and railroad transfer difficulties....
15. K. C., Mo. River Navigation Company's Westport Landing Riverboat K. C., Mo. River Navigation Company's Westport Landing Riverboat August//1970 Photo and article about the boat called "Westport-Landing, a 200 passenger riverboat and party barge" "currently running public excursions and chartered parties from its dock on the south bank of the Missouri...
16. A Call to Shippers A Call to Shippers August/17/1915 Ad for the Kansas City Missouri River Navigation Company calling for all shippers using the Missouri River to do more business with Kansas City, in order to "warrant the expenditure of the money to improve...
17. The U. S. Masters the Big Muddy The U. S. Masters the Big Muddy August/22/1955 Photos, map, and article about "[t]he harnessing of the Missouri" River by "the Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation," showing Kansas City protected with levies...
18. Missouri River Barge Missouri River Barge ca1970 Barge on the Missouri River being loaded, located west of the Broadway Bridge on the south bank of the river. Grain elevator in background.
19. Missouri River Barge Missouri River Barge ca1970 Barge on the Missouri River being loaded, located west of the Broadway Bridge on the south bank of the river. Grain elevator visible in background.
20. Missouri River Barge Missouri River Barge ca1970 Barge on the Missouri River being loaded, located west of the Broadway Bridge on the south bank of the river.