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1. Air Base a Step Closer to Use as Inland Port Air Base a Step Closer to Use as Inland Port April 14, 2007 City officials and CenterPoint Realty Services Corp. of Chicago signed contracts that moved the $10.6 million sale of the former military airport, Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, closer into being. It...
2. Closing of Richards-Gebaur Airport Closing of Richards-Gebaur Airport January 10, 2000 The Richards-Gebaur Airport officially closed as an airport at 11:59 pm Sunday, January 9, 2000. The last plane to depart from the airport was a Saberliner-40 jet.
3. Consultant's Conflict of Interest Slows Richards-Gebaur Effort Consultant's Conflict of Interest Slows Richards-Gebaur Effort September/17-23/1998 Discusses city council-led investigations into potential conflict of interest concerns regarding the transformation of Richards-Gebaur Airport into an intermodal freight facility.
4. Dorothea Eldridge Slide Collection Finding Aid Dorothea Eldridge Slide Collection Finding Aid 1957-1968 A group of 108 color slides of images of Kansas City from the 1950s and 1960s, taken by Eldridge, an amateur photographer. The photos include buildings, fountains, hospitals, rooftop views of downtown...
5. Flight Canceled Flight Canceled July-August/27-2/2000 Discusses a meeting at which runway options were discussed for the Richards-Gebaur Airport, recently transformed into an intermodal freight hub for Kansas City Southern Industries.
6. Genealogy of the Richards Family Genealogy of the Richards Family December 1923 Note about the naming of Richards Flying Field after John Francisco Richards and Richards-Gebaur Airport after John Francisco Richards II (a son of John Richards I killed in a World War I aerial battle),...
7. John D. Stevenson John D. Stevenson 1959 Portrait of Major General John D. Stevenson, Commander, Central Air Defense Force, Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base. He spoke at the regular weekly luncheon of February 24, 1959 held at the World War II...
8. Kansas City (Mo.) Aviation Department Photograph Collection Finding Aid Kansas City (Mo.) Aviation Department Photograph Collection Finding Aid circa 1945-1980 This group of 17 black and white and 12 color photographs are duplicates of those at the Aviation Department of Kansas City, Missouri. These photographic copies were processed in the summer of 1999. The...
9. Kenneth E. Rosebush Kenneth E. Rosebush ca1962 Portrait of Col. Kenneth E. Rosebush, Commander, 328th Fighter Wing at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base. He spoke at the November 13, 1962 luncheon. His speech can be found in Scrapbook #38, 1962, page 77....
10. Laying the Tracks for Intermodal Laying the Tracks for Intermodal May 2008 Continuing the history of Kansas City as a major railroad center, Kansas City Southern Railroad and CenterPoint Properties of Chicago plan to turn the former Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base into an intermodal...
11. Marking Missouri History Marking Missouri History 1998 History of Cass County, Missouri, "organized in 1835 and named Van Buren" and changed in "1849, for Democrat Lewis Cass." Description of famous residents and violence in the 1800s, including the Civil...
12. Memo Indicates Tax Subsidies May be Sought for Richards-Gebaur Project Memo Indicates Tax Subsidies May be Sought for Richards-Gebaur Project August/20-26/1998 Discusses the disclosure of information indicating the use of tax monies to transform Richards-Gebaur Airport into an intermodal freight hub for Kansas City Southern Industries.
13. National Pilots' Organization Opposes Planned Closing of Richards-Gebaur National Pilots' Organization Opposes Planned Closing of Richards-Gebaur July 23-29,1998 Discusses opposition of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association to the planned closing of Richards-Gebaur Airport and its transformation to an intermodal freight hub for Kansas City Southern Industries....
14. Possible Closing of Richards-Gebaur Goes to Council Oversight Committee Possible Closing of Richards-Gebaur Goes to Council Oversight Committee June/11-17/1998 Discusses the potential closure of Richards-Gebaur airport and its transformation into an intermodal freight hub for Kansas City Southern Industries.
15. Public Concern Continues About Richards-Gebaur Public Concern Continues About Richards-Gebaur November/19-24/1998 Discusses issues raised at hearings regarding the transformation of Richards-Gebaur Airport into an intermodal freight hub for Kansas City Southern Industries.
16. Richards Gebaur Airport Richards Gebaur Airport Circa 1940s Unprocessed collection of four file folders with blueprints, reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, etc., pertaining to Grandview Airport/Richards Gebaur Airport. Includes material about grading,...
17. Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base Photos, illustrations, maps, and information on the Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base near Grandview, Missouri (just south of Kansas City, Missouri), established as a World War II air force base and later...
18. Richards-Gebaur Airport Richards-Gebaur Airport Aerial view of Kansas City-Grandview Airport, later Richards-Gebaur.
19. Richards-Gebaur Airport Richards-Gebaur Airport Aerial view.
20. Richards-Gebaur Airport Richards-Gebaur Airport Aerial view.