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141. Five Years of Television Five Years of Television October/19/1954 Article about the short history of television in Kansas City, starting with WDAF-TV's first regular programming on October 16, 1949.
142. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Photos, illustrations, map, and information on Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, built in 1827 near the present-day town of Leavenworth, Kansas, as Cantonment Leavenworth. Home of various firsts in Kansas.
143. Fort Osage Fort Osage 1987 Photo and history of Fort Osage, "the first United States government outpost in Louisiana Territory," selected for its site on the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804 and established in 1808, supervised...
144. Forty Years Ago Forty Years Ago January/22/1960
145. Forty Years in the House: A Composite Portrait of Missouri Women Legislators Forty Years in the House: A Composite Portrait of Missouri Women Legislators January//1993 Biographical information about the female legislators in the state government of Missouri, starting with the first in 1922, with photos.
146. Found! Lincoln's Earlier Love Found! Lincoln's Earlier Love November 9, 2005 Article gives some information on graves located in Elmwood Cemetery. It states that volunteers have found the grave of William F. Davis, the city's first African American police officer, hired in 1874....
147. Frontier Community: Kansas City to 1870 Frontier Community: Kansas City to 1870 1963
148. Gaitha Page Gaitha Page February/23/1970 Obituary for Gaitha Page, first black graduate of the Kansas State Teachers College, dying at the age of 89 on February 22, 1970.
149. Gas Industry Observes Its 150th Anniversary This Year Gas Industry Observes Its 150th Anniversary This Year August 19, 1966 Forty-nine years after the forming of the first manufactured gas company in Baltimore and 44 years after natural gas was first used for commercial purposes, the first gas company was organized in Kansas...
150. Genevieve Allen Genevieve Allen September 17, 1945 File containing a photo and biographical article about Mrs. Genevieve Allen, "2719 Garfield [Avenue], first Negro [sic] woman to be appointed as policewoman on the Kansas City police department" on August...
151. George Whyte, Sr. George Whyte, Sr. March/31/1959 Obituary for George Whyte, Sr., founder of the Whyco Cash Grocery Company, Kansas City's first chain grocery operation, dying at the age of 91 on March 31, 1959.
152. Gertrude Keith Gertrude Keith 2002 This book contains one page personal accounts of the lives of numerous women from the Kansas City metro area, as well as their photograph. Includes African American community leader Gertrude Keith.
153. Gone but Not Forgotten: Tillman Crabtree Gone but Not Forgotten: Tillman Crabtree Summer//1997 Biographical article about Tillman Crabtree (1833-1889), called "Kansas City's first policeman." He was born in Illinois, became a steamboat mate in Saint Louis and an employee of Cyrus Speers & Son moving...
154. Greater Kansas City Official Year Book 1904-05 Greater Kansas City Official Year Book 1904-05 1905 Section of the book written by Reverend William J. Dalton called "The Catholic Church Here: Important Factor in Kansas City's Affairs from the Beginning of the Town," covering the Catholic point of view...
155. Greater Kansas City Official Year Book, 1904-05 Greater Kansas City Official Year Book, 1904-05 1905 History of railroads in Kansas City, slowed at the outset because of guerrila attacks during the Civil War, but finally starting in 1865.
156. Group Honors a True KC Pioneer Group Honors a True KC Pioneer June 20, 2005 Article describes the June 19, 2005 dedication of a marker at the gravesite of William F. Davis in Elmwood Cemetery. The Kansas City Police Historical Society recently determined that Davis was the first...
157. Half Century Transition in City's Street Railway System Half Century Transition in City's Street Railway System March/9/1931 History of the street railway system in the city back to 1870, starting with "mule cars" and progressing through to John Henry's electric 'trolley' car in 1884, mentioning also the various streets on the...
158. Hannah Cole Hannah Cole 1943 One paragraph of biography about Hannah Cole, "the first settler on the site of the present city of Boonville," Missouri, settling the Boon's Lick Country in about 1810 and receiving the first license...
159. Happy 65th Birthday!: Service to Others Gives a Lift in Retirement Happy 65th Birthday!: Service to Others Gives a Lift in Retirement March/5/1961 Photo and biographical article about Roy Owen (and other local active workers over 65 years old), the first mayor of the city of Overland Park, "Kansas's sixth largest city" upon its incorporation in 1960...
160. Happy Birthday to You and You and You: Westport Bank Happy Birthday to You and You and You: Westport Bank May-June//1982 Photo and article about the Westport Bank, now (1982) at Broadway and Westport Roads. Brief history of Westport included. Opened in 1906 as the first suburban bank in Kansas City.