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1. A Memorial and Biographical Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Mo. A Memorial and Biographical Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Mo. 1896 Photo and bio of Hunter Meriwether, "the leading real-estate and taxation lawyer of Jackson county," born in Arkansas in 1861 and coming to Kansas City in 1885, serving as state and county "attorney for...
2. Benjamin McLean Benjamin McLean 1878 Portrait and biographical sketch of Benjamin McLean, a Kansas City tanner with his store at 10th and Hickory Streets in the West Bottoms ("West Kansas") but initially at 13th and Grand Avenues, with residence...
3. Benton School Class Picture Benton School Class Picture 1882 Exterior view of class posed by what appears to be the school building. Identified on the front of the picture as "Kansas City Public Schools, In Remembrance of the School Year 1882. Photographed by S....
4. Biography of Charles E. Kearney (1820-1898), Outfitter Biography of Charles E. Kearney (1820-1898), Outfitter 2008
5. City of Kansas City of Kansas 1886 Photocopy of a cadastral map showing landowners and building outlines for the area of the City of Kansas west and north of Union Depot, comprising West Kansas Addition, Pacific Place, and Turner & Company's...
6. Dan D. Casement: Viking on a Sea of Grass Dan D. Casement: Viking on a Sea of Grass December//1959 Biographical article making up the entire issue on Dan Dillon "Deever" Casement, or Dan Casement (1868-1953), of Kansas, a "cowboy, stockman, philosopher, soldier, author, individualist, railroad builder...
7. DAR, Elizabeth Benton Chapter Scrapbook Finding Aid DAR, Elizabeth Benton Chapter Scrapbook Finding Aid 1921 A Kansas City Times article dated Nov. 12, 1979, stated that the Elizabeth Benton DAR chapter, located in Kansas City, Mo., was the first Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution formed west...
8. Early Kansas City, Missouri Early Kansas City, Missouri 1870 West Kansas from bluff, at 10th Street.
9. First Jackson County Courthouse First Jackson County Courthouse n.d. Full, front view of the first Jackson County courthouse located in Independence, Missouri. Originally located at Lynn and Lexington St. In this view it may be at 107 West Kansas where it was moved sometime...
10. Flood Scene Flood Scene 1881 Men, women, and children standing before flooded street near A. Howden Groceries, located at 1631 9th Street in West Kansas.
11. Greater Kansas City Official Year Book, 1904-05 Greater Kansas City Official Year Book, 1904-05 1905 Description of the origins and early history of Kansas City, Kansas, including its West Bottoms, Quindaro, Wyandotte, and Armourdale portions, with "importance as a manufacturing city. ..exceed[ing] even...
12. In Memoriam: Sarah Walter Chandler Coates In Memoriam: Sarah Walter Chandler Coates 1898? Photo of the "[e]nd of West Tenth Street, overlooking West Kansas, 1870."
13. Kansas City's Hannibal Bridge: Western Town-Booming and Eastern Capital Kansas City's Hannibal Bridge: Western Town-Booming and Eastern Capital March//1959 Description of the West Kansas Land Company in the context of the development of the Hannibal Bridge, involving the efforts of James Joy and Theodore Case.
14. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Biographical sketch of James Slavens (1838-1905), a meat packing pioneer and former mayor, city treasurer of Kansas City. Native of Indiana coming here in 1866 as a lawyer and Union Civil War veteran with...
15. KCResources, page 7 KCResources, page 7
16. KCResources, page 8 KCResources, page 8
17. KCResources, page 86 KCResources, page 86
18. 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...
19. Photograph Scrapbook #3 Historic Kansas City Finding Aid Photograph Scrapbook #3 Historic Kansas City Finding Aid ca.1865-1880 The scrapbook contains 72 various-sized, second-generation black and white prints of early Kansas City riverfront views. Included are scenes of the grading of the bluffs for streets, early commercial and...
20. Riverfront View Riverfront View n.d. Early two image stereopticon card identified on the back of the photo as "West Kansas from 19th and Mercer Street". Stamped on the back of the card is "Henry E. Hill, Architect".