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1. Charles Riley Charles Riley 1876 Portrait and biographical sketch of Charles Valentine Riley, or Charles Riley (1843-1895), the "father of economic entomology" and "State entomologist of Missouri" starting in 1868. Native of England emigrating...
2. Disaster! Platte County History Includes a Few Disaster! Platte County History Includes a Few January-April 2008 Short overview of disasters occuring in Platte County, Missouri, including floods, fires, battles, tornado, explosion, and grasshopper plague including a list of disasters.
3. Forgotten Journal Brings Early Day Jurist Alive Forgotten Journal Brings Early Day Jurist Alive July-September//1983 Photo and biographical article about Judge Robert Cowan, presiding "over a Special Law and Equity Court in Jackson County from 1873 to 1884," describing his life and career, born in Virginia in 1830 and...
4. Grasshopper Plague Grasshopper Plague File contains information about the grasshopper plagues circa 1874-1876 in Kansas City and surrounding areas of Platte and other counties.
5. Grasshopper Plague in Lawrence, Kansas Grasshopper Plague in Lawrence, Kansas March 22, 1905 Account of experiences with the 1874-1875 grasshopper or locust plague in Lawrence, Kansas, utilizing resourcefulness to manage a good crop in 1875 after encouraging the insects to leave.
6. Grasshoppers Grasshoppers March/9/1931 Description of "the great grasshopper plague" of 1874-1875 affecting Kansas City and "sweeping the trans-Mississippi country bare of vegetation from the Platte river to Texas and as far east as Sedalia."...
7. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Photo and bio of John Bryant, a businessman in various industries, born in Independence in 1855, starting his career in Kansas City with "Matt, Foster and Company, dealers in books and stationery on Main...
8. Missouri Heritage Missouri Heritage May/31/1969 Portrait and biographical article about Charles Hardin, founder of "the Hardin college for women at Mexico," Missouri, and elected the 22nd governor of Missouri in 1875, the year of the grasshopper plague...
9. Missouri Valley Historical Society Records Finding Aid Missouri Valley Historical Society Records Finding Aid 1830-1940, bulk 1889-1940 The Missouri Valley Historical Society (1913-1940) was the successor to the Kansas City Historical Society (1906-1913) and the Early Settler's Society and Historical Association (1896-1906). All these...
10. School History of the State of Missouri School History of the State of Missouri 1891 Description of the locust or grasshopper plague of 1874-1875 from the Rocky Mountains to Missouri, referred to "as Kansas Grasshoppers," descending the mountains and eating "every green thing" in Colorado...
11. The Autobiography of a Westport Pioneer The Autobiography of a Westport Pioneer May 1965 Account of Westport, starting in 1854, by one of its early settlers, Anna E. Charles Krueger, Jr., or Anna Krueger. Includes descriptions of various disasters befalling the area, including an earthquake...
12. The Commonwealth of Missouri; A Centennial Record The Commonwealth of Missouri; A Centennial Record //1877 Portrait and biographical sketch of Charles Valentine Riley, or Charles Riley (1843-1895), the "father of economic entomology" and "State Entomologist of Missouri" starting in 1868. Native of England emigrating...
13. The Great Grasshopper Dinner in Warrensburg in the Spring of 1875 The Great Grasshopper Dinner in Warrensburg in the Spring of 1875 September 2007 A two-part article recounting the grasshopper invasion of 1873-75, especially its effect in Johnson County, Missouri. It includes short newspaper and diary accounts of the disastrous effects of the grasshopper...
14. 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 Theodore S. Case, "the present Postmaster of Kansas City," born in Jackson, Butts County, Georgia, in 1832, the son of Ermine Case, Sr., and Mary A. Cowles Case, and brother of Oliver,...