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1. Early Schools of Jackson County Early Schools of Jackson County December 1922 Two paragraphs about the "first" school in Westport and one of its teachers.
2. Fashionable Pearl Street Fashionable Pearl Street October/3/1921 Mention of Reverend R. S. Symington as the pastor of "the first Presbyterian church in Kansas City" held in 1857 in the parlor of the home of W. G. Barkley at the southeast corner of 3rd Street and Delaware...
3. First School in Kansas City First School in Kansas City December 1922 Brief description of Colesville school, the "first school established within the present limits of Kansas City" and "founded by the Mormon Prophet, Joseph Smith, in 1832, in what is now Troost Park."
4. Jackson County's First Courthouse, Built in 1827 Jackson County's First Courthouse, Built in 1827 October/3/1921 Mention of Richard Fristoe and Abraham McClelland as the first judges in the first Jackson County Courthouse in 1827, along with Henry Burris, in Independence.
5. Kansas City's First Church Kansas City's First Church December 1923
6. Memories of Old Westport Memories of Old Westport October 1924 Description of the store "erected by Colonel Albert G. Boone" in Westport as the first brick building west of Independence.
7. Memories of Old Westport Memories of Old Westport October 1924 Reminiscences of 1830s and 1840s Westport, including some early and "first" settlers, residences, churches, marriages, etc., including the general lifestyle and a visit in 1838 from John A Sutter from...
8. Memories of Old Westport Memories of Old Westport October 1924 Description of the Harris House Hotel and Yoacham Tavern in pioneer Westport as firsts of their kind there.
9. Reminiscences of Adelbert S. Haines Reminiscences of Adelbert S. Haines December 1922 Photo and article about the reminiscences of Adelbert Haines, or A. S. Haines, the first secretary of the Kansas City Board of Trade, written in 1906 and starting in 1848 at the Shawnee Mills in Kansas....
10. The Reverend Isaac McCoy The Reverend Isaac McCoy October/3/1921 Description of "the first printing press west of the Missouri River" printing in 1832 "a newspaper called the Shawanoe Sun [sic], edited by Dr. Johnston Lykins and printed by Jotham Meeker."
11. The Vicissitudes of Pioneer Life The Vicissitudes of Pioneer Life December 1922 Description of the Kansas City businesses of Hiram Northrup, starting a general store in 1844 and then hiring Joseph Chick in 1847, becoming a partnership called Northrup & Chick with a bank "opened in...