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1. Mattie Lykins Scrapbook Mattie Lykins Scrapbook Clippings in Mrs. Johnston Lykins's scrapbook about the Baptist Pottawatomie Indian Mission on the Kansas River from 1851 to 1853, including information about the Widow's and Orphan's Home in 1874 and...
2. Kansas City Southern Railway Bridge Kansas City Southern Railway Bridge View of bridge from the banks of the Kansas River.
3. Kansas River Kansas River File containing material pertaining to the Kansas River as it relates to Kansas City.
4. Railway Bridge Railway Bridge Distant view from eastern shore of the Kansas River of entire bridge.
5. KCResources, page 26 KCResources, page 26
6. Kansas City, KS, View from Intercity Viaduct Kansas City, KS, View from Intercity Viaduct Postcard view of Kansas City, Kansas, from the Intercity Viaduct
7. Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City, Kansas Distant view from river of Argentine, Kansas.
8. James Pendergast Memorial James Pendergast Memorial Postcard of the James Pendergast Memorial
9. Aerial Riverfront View Aerial Riverfront View Armourdale, 23rd Street Viaduct, Central Avenue, looking south.
10. Turkey Creek Turkey Creek File contains a poster-sized article or flyer with photos, map, illustrations, and information on the history and pre-history of Turkey Creek in Kansas City. Description of the creek's primary role along...
11. Grinter Place Grinter Place Information about the Grinter place, or Grinter house, built in 1857 just north of the Kansas River in Kansas City, Kansas, by Moses Grinter (1809-1878) and his wife Anna Grinter (1820-1905). Illustrations...
12. Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City and West Bottoms Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City and West Bottoms Aerial view of downtown Kansas City, the West Bottoms, and the confluence of the Kansas River with the Missouri River looking northwest.
13. Location of Kansas City, Kansas Location of Kansas City, Kansas According to the local history index card, the location of Kansas City, Kansas, at the mouth of the Kansas River is 39 degrees, 7 minutes north, 94 degrees, 38 minutes west, and 773 feet in altitude.
14. Aerial View of Missouri River at Kansas City Aerial View of Missouri River at Kansas City Aerial view of Missouri River at Kansas City looking west showing the three bridges-ASB, Paseo, and Broadway-and Municipal Airport as well as the water works and industrial areas. Kansas City, Kansas,...
15. First and Second Annual Reports of the Geological Survey of Missouri First and Second Annual Reports of the Geological Survey of Missouri //1855 Numerous illustrations in the book by R. B. Price (artist on the Geological Survey of Missouri in 1855) depicting geological features or layers of rock and soil in Missouri, including the Missouri River...
16. Weston's Guide to the Kansas Pacific Railway Weston's Guide to the Kansas Pacific Railway //1872 Origins of the Town of Kansas and Westport in the 1830s and 1840s, explaining their fluctuating rates of growth and the resulting early name of Kansas City being "Westport Landing," including the prophecy...
17. A History of Kansas City, Mo.: Her Business, Population, Natural Resources, and Inducements to Manufactures A History of Kansas City, Mo.: Her Business, Population, Natural Resources, and Inducements to Manufactures and Capitalists //1873 Mention of the "new" 1873 bridge across the Kaw, or Kansas River.
18. The Commonwealth of Missouri; A Centennial Record The Commonwealth of Missouri; A Centennial Record //1877 Description of the move of the Louis Grandlouis family, including Louis's wife "Madame Grandouis," to the Kansas City area "at the beginning of the present century. Description of her becoming "the first...
19. The Commonwealth of Missouri; A Centennial Record The Commonwealth of Missouri; A Centennial Record //1877 One paragraph about the party of "Canadian 'voyageurs'" of the American Fur Company traveling to the mouth of the Kansas River in 1815, including Jacques Fournais, settling in the site of what was to later...
20. 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 Photo and bio of Thomas Fletcher Oakes, or Thomas Oakes, a railroad and bridge developer born in Boston in 1843 and moving to Kansas City, Kansas in 1863 with the Kansas Pacific Railway. Involved there...