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Worth County, Missouri
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File contains photos, map, and article about Worth County, Missouri, "the smallest county in the state" in the northwest part of the state. Description of its pioneering flood control measures on "[i]ts Platte river tributaries watershed."
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Stockyards
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Stockyards history: (1871) organized as the "Kansas Stockyards Company" with the first Live Stock Exchange Building erected; (1876) reorganized as the "Kansas City Stockyards Company"; (1886) Kansas City Live Stock Exchange organized; (1951) most of the Stockyards area wiped out by the flood and the development of Kemper Arena and Interstate 670; (post-1975) the remaining 35 acres sold to National Farms, Incorporated, to be demolished and become part of a planned office park project.
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Spirit of Kansas City
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File contains a booklet or pamphlet with an illustration (a print of "The Spirit of Kansas City" painting) and description (written by Joyce Hall) of his commissioning of Norman Rockwell to paint a symbol of the "Kansas City Spirit" in the aftermath of the 1951 flood.
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Root & Siemens Architectural Firm
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File contains photos, illustrations, and information on the Root & Siemens architectural firm of Kansas City including its partners Walter Root and George Siemens (ca. 1864-1951). Siemens, a native of Jefferson City, Missouri, came to Kansas City as an architect of local residences (residing himself at 3729 Baltimore Avenue). Walter Clarke Root, or Walter Root (1859-1925) was a native of Atlanta, raised in New York City, and came to Kansas City in 1886 as an architect for the firm of Burnham & Root in Chicago. Root witnessed and wrote about the 1903 flood. File has information about several buildings designed by the firm: the Scarritt Building (at 9th and Grand Avenues in 1907), the Westport Methodist Episcopal Church (at 40th and Washington Streets), and the George B. Peck Dry Goods Company building (at 11th and Main Streets in 1914).
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