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Title
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1908 Flood, Morris Packing Plant
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Description
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Postcard of the Morris Packing Plant in the West Bottoms in Kansas City, Kansas, during the 1908 flood.
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Date
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1908
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Taming the Outlaw Missouri River
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Description
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History, description, large map, and several photos of the Missouri River basin and its modifications for human purposes, including "dam, lake, levee, powerhouse, steamer channel, and irrigation ditch," also with photos of the Kansas City Stockyards.
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Date
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1945-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Taming the Outlaw Missouri River
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Description
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Photos, map, and article about issues of controlling the channel of the Missouri River, including its course between Kansas City and Saint Louis, etc., with photos of "Kansas City's mammoth grain elevators," long freight trains, "giant Stockyards," and river barges. Discussion of the river's history of moving its channel and flooding numerous towns and cities, including Kansas City in 1903, etc.
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Date
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1945-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
