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1. A Mayor For All People A Mayor For All People July 18, 2008 Article profiles Blue Springs, Mo. mayor Carson Ross, the first African American to hold that office. Prior to being elected mayor, Ross, a Republican, served for eight years on the Blue Springs City Council...
2. A New Way to Think About Research Parks A New Way to Think About Research Parks December 23, 2008 Map and article about the proposed high-tech development in Blue Springs called the Missouri Innovation Park. In conjunction with the University of Missouri, the Blue Springs Economic Development Corp....
3. A Pleasant Reunion A Pleasant Reunion Fall//1992 Biographical article about William Quantrill including a reprint from the "Sni-a-Bar Voice" newspaper of Blue Springs, Missouri, from August 28, 1908. Description of a "reunion of Quantrell's [sic] men"...
4. A Suburb from Scratch A Suburb from Scratch August 13, 2006 A new community is being developed south of Blue Springs, Missouri, on roughly 2,000 acres annexed into the city in 2003. Chapman Farms, being developed by Green Fields Development, is a 'massive undertaking,'...
5. A True Friend of Education A True Friend of Education September 2, 2011 Tribute to James Coen of Blue Springs who taught history at Fort Osage High School for many years and later served 13 years on the Blue Springs, Missouri, school board. Coen died August 6, 2011.
6. Albert Gallatin Williams Albert Gallatin Williams 1896 Biographical sketch of Albert Gallatin Williams, or Albert Williams, a judge of Kansas City. Born in Kentucky in 1835 and moving to Blue Springs, Missouri in 1852 as a teacher, becoming a western freighter...
7. Andrew Lowe Andrew Lowe 1896 Biographical sketch of Andrew Lowe, a prominent farmer livestock breeder of Sni-a-Bar Township, born in Virginia in 1828 and coming to Jackson County in 1844 with his parents, settling in Blue Springs,...
8. Blue Springs High School Addition Blue Springs High School Addition July 25, 1938 View of completed WPA addition to Blue Springs High School.
9. Blue Springs High School Construction Site Blue Springs High School Construction Site November 30, 1937 View of unidentified men at construction site of a WPA addition to Blue Springs High School.
10. Blue Springs High School Construction Site Blue Springs High School Construction Site October 28, 1937 View of unidentified man at construction site of a WPA addition to Blue Springs High School.
11. Blue Springs High School Construction Site Blue Springs High School Construction Site October 12, 1937 View of unidentified men at construction site of a WPA addition to Blue Springs High School.
12. Blue Springs High School Construction Site Blue Springs High School Construction Site January 6, 1938 View of unidentified men at construction site of a WPA addition to Blue Springs High School.
13. Blue Springs High School Construction Site Blue Springs High School Construction Site February 8, 1938 View of unidentified men at construction site of a WPA addition to Blue Springs High School.
14. Blue Springs High School Gymnasium Blue Springs High School Gymnasium July 25, 1938 Interior view of the nearly completed gymnasium in a WPA addition to Blue Springs High School.
15. Blue Springs High School Gymnasium Blue Springs High School Gymnasium July 25, 1938 Interior view of the nearly completed gymnasium in a WPA addition to Blue Springs High School.
16. Blue Springs Quadrangle Blue Springs Quadrangle 1945 Topographical map of an area of Jackson County, Missouri, including Lake Tapawingo and the city of Blue Springs. Also depicted are the Lake City Ordnance Plant, as well as roads of various grades are shown,...
17. Blue Springs, Missouri Blue Springs, Missouri Copy of the 1888 Blue Springs, Missouri, city directory and bicentennial program.
18. Blue Springs, Missouri Blue Springs, Missouri April 9, 1905 Photos and text about the town of Blue Springs, Missouri, east of Kansas City in Jackson County.
19. Blue Springs, MO, South Railroad Bridge Blue Springs, MO, South Railroad Bridge Postcard of the South Railroad Bridge Blue Springs, MO
20. Blue Springs-Tapawingo Garden Club Buys Historic Site Blue Springs-Tapawingo Garden Club Buys Historic Site November//1960 Article about the purchase of the site of an 1850 Blue Springs mill using the "spring water to grind wheat and corn." Also history of the town of Blue Springs from 1838.