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21. Kansas City's Union Cemetery Kansas City's Union Cemetery Photos, illustrations, maps, and information on Union Cemetery in Kansas City, established about 1857 at about 28th and Main Streets. Origins and history of the cemetery as an expansion for the overcrowded...
22. Kuni Kruger Tombstone Kuni Kruger Tombstone 1989 Full frontal view of Kuni Kruger tombstone.
23. Looking Backward Looking Backward December 1922 Description of Union Cemetery by Daniel Geary, co-founder of the cemetery, where the first interment was made in 1858.
24. Mason Brayman Mason Brayman May 17, 1905 Photo and bio of Union Civil War General Mason Brayman (1813-1895), a lawyer and journalist from Buffalo, New York, involved in railroads and settlements with the Mormons until the Civil War, afterwards...
25. Milton Payne Milton Payne April 21, 1905 Portrait and description of Milton Payne (1829-1900), Kansas City's fourth (third legal) mayor and known as "father of public improvements" here. Born in Kentucky and coming to Kansas City in 1850 as an...
26. 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...
27. Mystery of Ol' Pap Leads to a KC Cemetery Mystery of Ol' Pap Leads to a KC Cemetery January 26, 2013 Article announces that researchers have discovered the final resting place of Benjamin Singleton in Kansas City's Union Cemetery. A brief history of Singleton's involvement with the exoduster movement...
28. New Road Signs in Union Cemetery New Road Signs in Union Cemetery July 1996 Signs installed by the Parks and Recreation Department to aid navigation in the cemetery.
29. Potter's Field Potter's Field May 16, 1911 Closing of the Union Cemetery leads to replacement of city's only Potter's Field at new location on Municipal Farm in Leeds.
30. Ragan Cemetery Ragan Cemetery The graves were moved to Union Cemetery in the late 1880s. Reference: Mrs. Greenberry Ragan, March 1973. This cemetery was on the old Jacob Ragan farm, now in the vicinity of 36th and Cherry Streets.
31. Rev. Addison Dashiell Maderia, an Unsung Hero Buried in Union Cemetery Rev. Addison Dashiell Maderia, an Unsung Hero Buried in Union Cemetery January-February 1997 Biographical article about Reverend Addison Dashiell Madeira, or Addison Madeira, Sr. (1828-1915), pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church in Kansas City until 1881, then "the largest Protestant congregation...
32. Sallie Threlkeld, Pioneer Teacher Sallie Threlkeld, Pioneer Teacher Summer 2008 Sallie Threlkeld was the first woman teacher hired by the Kansas City schools, first teaching at Lathrop School for nine years. She moved to Humboldt School and taught another nine years before becoming...
33. Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page f008 Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page f008 1895-1907 Key to Sanborn Map of Kansas City, Vol. 1 (corrected to January 1907), showing Kansas City area bounded from the Kansas and Missouri State Line on the west, Cherry on the east, the Missouri River to the...
34. Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p066 Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p066 1895-1907 Central part of early Kansas City in the Union Hill area from W. 26th Street south to W. 27th Street and from Wyandotte Street east to the edge of Union Cemetery, showing buildings, streets, and additions....
35. Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p091 Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p091 1895-1907 Southern part of early Kansas City on the outskirts of Westport from about W. 40th Street south to about Archibald Street and from Briant Street east to Pennsylvania Avenue, showing buildings, streets,...
36. Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1896-1907, Page p293 Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1896-1907, Page p293 1896-1907 Southeastern part of early Kansas City from E. 25th Street south to E. 27th Street and from Main Street east to McGee Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer...
37. Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1896-1907, Page p297 Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1896-1907, Page p297 1896-1907 Southeastern part of early Kansas City from E. 27th Street south to E. 28th Street and from Oak Street east to Holmes Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer...
38. Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1896-1907, Page p298 Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1896-1907, Page p298 1896-1907 Southeastern part of early Kansas City from E. 29th Street south to E. 30th Street and from Oak Street east to Holmes Street, showing buildings, streets, additions, and a portion of Union Cemetery. Large...
39. Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1896-1907, Page p315 Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1896-1907, Page p315 1896-1907 Southeastern part of early Kansas City from E. 30th Street south to E. 31st Street and from Main Street east to McGee Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer...
40. Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1896-1907, Page p316 Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1896-1907, Page p316 1896-1907 Southeastern part of early Kansas City from E. 30th Street south to E. 31st Street and from McGee Street east to Gillham Road, as well as a portion of E. 29th Street from Main Street east to Grand Avenue,...