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Title
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How the Bridge Was Saved
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Description
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Photos and text about the destruction wrought by the 1903 flood on the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Bridge.
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Date
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1903-06
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Terminal Junction
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Description
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Book about the author's upbringing in the Serbian community of Kansas City, Kansas (in the 1940s-1950s) with descriptions of the Greater Kansas City area and its railroads and railroad stations, the 1951 flood, and "the changing American Dream."
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Date
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2001
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Kansas City Crossroads: Strang's Vision Created Suburbs
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Description
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Photos and biographical article about William Strang, Jr., founder of the Strang Line interurban railway connecting Kansas City, Missouri, to Lenexa, Kansas (passing through Overland Park, Kansas0 starting in 1906. Description of his "plans for a 'flood-free' community after the flood of 1903 that devastated Kansas City," complete with "the Santa Fe Trail Hall, a dance and private party hall" in Overland Park, etc.
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Date
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2000-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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SC167 Kansas City Stockyards
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Description
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The Kansas City Stockyards operated in the West Bottoms of Kansas City from 1871 to 1991. It was the second largest stockyards in the nation and one of Kansas City's most important industries. This collection documents the natural and built environment of the Kansas City Stockyards and West Bottoms from 1828-1983. It is a mostly oversized collection of blueprints, maps, architectural drawings, land abstracts, photos, and correspondence. Some items from this collection have been digitized and are available to view in the "Stockyards" Digital Collection, http://www.kchistory.org/digital-collections.
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Date
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1828/1983
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Missouri River: Mouth to Rulo
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Description
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Map of a stretch of the Missouri River between Quindaro Bend and Wayne City Bend, showing the principal topographic features within the alluvial valley. Contour intervals of 5 feet in the flood plain and 25 feet on the valley walls are indicated. Shows railroad yards around the Kansas River Bend and the Kansas City Reach, as well as levees, dikes, and railroad lines. The Missouri towns of North Kansas City, Avondale, Randolph, Minneville, Birmingham, and Sugar Creek are in evidence, along with Kansas City, Kansas.
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Date
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1946/1947
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Misssouri River: Mouth to Rulo
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Description
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Stretch of the Missouri River between Pope Bend and Quindaro Bend, showing principal topographic features within the alluvial valley. Contour intervals of 5 feet in the flood plain and 25 feet on the valley walls are indicated. Shows creeks, Wyandotte Lake, dikes, levees, railroad lines, the Kansas towns of Wolcott, Pomeroy, and Kansas City, and the Missouri town of Parkville.
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Date
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1946/1947
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Missouri River: Mouth to Rulo
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Description
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Stretch of the Missouri River between Leavenworth Bend and Pope Bend, showing principal topographic features within the alluvial valley. Contour intervals of 5 feet in the flood plain and 25 feet on the valley walls are indicated. Shows creeks, the Platte River, Horseshoe Lake, Stigers (Delaware) Island, levees, dikes, railroad lines, the Kansas towns of Lansing and South Leavenworth, and the Missouri towns of Farley and Waldron.
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Date
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1946/1947
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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SC164 KCPL Reference Hard to Find Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The materials within the KCPL Reference Hard to Find (HTF) Collection were compiled by Kansas City Public Library reference librarians and staff members to provide an easy to access source of information concerning topics of local and regional interest. The collection primarily consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, pamphlets, brochures, other forms of printed material, and typed notecards.
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Date
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1980/2005
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Blackwater Keeps on Rollin'
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Description
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A review of how the small Missouri town of Blackwater came back to life. "Theater and antiques help revive the tiny railroad town that has survived fires, floods, and feuds."
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Date
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2004-04-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article