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41. 140 Years Ago: The Progress of the War--June 1861 140 Years Ago: The Progress of the War--June 1861 Portraits and description of Union General Nathaniel Lyon and "pro-Confederate Governor" Claiborne Jackson of Missouri clashing at the beginning of the Civil War in June 1861 with Lyon "ke[eping] Missouri...
42. 15 Years of Club Profiles 15 Years of Club Profiles Photo (of the former Club 427) and bibliography or directory of Kansas City jazz clubs (past and present) reviewed since the inception of the Jam magazine in 1986.
43. 150 Facts About Kansas City 150 Facts About Kansas City List of 150 facts prepared for the sesquicentennial of Kansas City in 2000. Anniversaries; Centennial celebrations;
44. 150 Places to Celebrate Kansas's 150th Birthday 150 Places to Celebrate Kansas's 150th Birthday Follow the author as he explores different historic places in Kansas. "After a fight over free-or slave-state status (thus another moniker, "Bleeding Kansas"), the free-state Wyandotte Constitution was... Anniversaries; Historic sites;
45. 15th Streets 15th Streets
46. 163 Housing Warrants Cleared 163 Housing Warrants Cleared The Police Department have recently done two special sweeps in the Northeast area to serve outstanding bench warrants issued by the city's housing court. There is some criticism that it is not enough and...
47. 171 Voters Are Registered from the Fox Hotel 171 Voters Are Registered from the Fox Hotel Illustration of the Fox Hotel and list of voters registered from there.
48. $18,000 Grant Gives Puppets Something to Sing About $18,000 Grant Gives Puppets Something to Sing About Paul Mesner Puppets has received one of the nine 2007 grants to Kansas City area arts organizations from the National Endowment for the Arts. The $18,000 NEA Access to Excellence grant is for the production... Puppet shows; Puppets;
49. 1811 Patrick Gass Journal 1811 Patrick Gass Journal Part of the Fitzpatrick purchase, this 1811 copy has particular significance because it once belonged to Elliott Coues, one of the editors of the Lewis and Clark journals. It is inscribed, “To Prof....
50. 1831 Unchronicled Courthouse Familiar [Past Future?] Is Not First Brick Courthouse 1831 Unchronicled Courthouse Familiar [Past Future?] Is Not First Brick Courthouse Investigative report on the "discovery of the existence of an apparently unchronicled early Jackson County Courthouse, built in 1831 on Independence Square, demolished in 1836, and replaced on its foundation...
51. 1833 Lawsuit Gets Mormons' Notice 1833 Lawsuit Gets Mormons' Notice As part of a joint local records preservation project between Jackson County and the Missouri State Archives in Jefferson City, legal documents concerning acts of violence against Mormon settlers have...
52. 1840 Kansas City Map 1840 Kansas City Map Reprint of Father Nicolas Point's 1840 map, from a Kansas City Times article entitled "Earliest Map of Kansas City," depicting the locations of the homes of his parishioners, in the area of the West Bottoms,...
53. 1847 Circular on Services in Independence for Trail Trekkers Turns Up in Oregon Archives 1847 Circular on Services in Independence for Trail Trekkers Turns Up in Oregon Archives Article about the circular and letter published by George Buchanan, Independence postmaster in 1847, "about the facilities of the town" of Independence, Missouri, designed as a guide for travelers to Oregon...
54. 1855 Harris Home at 4000 Baltimore Avenue, in Old Westport 1855 Harris Home at 4000 Baltimore Avenue, in Old Westport Photo on the issue's cover and caption about the home on the inside cover.
55. 1880 Census Population Schedules: Missouri 1880 Census Population Schedules: Missouri Listing of the address of Annie Chambers in the 1880 Census as a "boarding house," in Ward 5, Super District 6, Enumeration District 15.
56. 1886 Tornado 1886 Tornado Information on the destructive tornado of May 11, 1886.
57. 1886 Tornado 1886 Tornado The Lathrop grade school at 6th and May Streets was destroyed by a cyclone on May 11, 1886. 15 children were killed when the belfrey crashed through the roof.
58. 18th & Vine and All That Jazz 18th & Vine and All That Jazz Article about the "long overdue and much deserved renaissance" of the 18th & Vine District's buildings and streets, with history of its jazz scene and prominent black professionals.
59. 18th & Vine's New, New, New, New Day 18th & Vine's New, New, New, New Day Article describing efforts to develop the 18th & Vine area, including a discussion of retail and restaurant opportunities, as well as residential properties in the neighborhood.
60. 18th & Vine: Kansas City's Most Famous Intersection 18th & Vine: Kansas City's Most Famous Intersection Story of the neighborhood symbolizing "the jazz era that flourished in Kansas City between 1920 and World War II."