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Title: Flood Damaged Area
Description: View of area damaged by the 1951 Flood. Sign indicates that the property was owned by the C. B. & Q. (Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, forerunner of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe) Railroad.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Damaged Area
Description: Unidentified men standing near railroad tracks and Kansas City Southern Railroad car; shows water and mud damage from the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Last Train Out: The Kansas City Flood of 1951
Description: File containing photos and an article about the 1951 flood in Kansas City with description of the author's "last train out" of Union Station during the flood's high waters.
Date: 2001-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: 1951 Flooded Areas
Description: Aerial view of railroad yards, Kansas City stockyards, and West Bottoms buildings in the aftermath of the 1951 flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: How the Bridge Was Saved
Description: Photos and text about the destruction wrought by the 1903 flood on the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Bridge.
Date: 1903-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Terminal Junction
Description: 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."
Date: 2001
Object Type: Book

Title: Kansas City Crossroads: Strang's Vision Created Suburbs
Description: 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.
Date: 2000-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: SC167 Kansas City Stockyards
Description: 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.
Date: 1828/1983
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Missouri River: Mouth to Rulo
Description: 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.
Date: 1946/1947
Object Type: Map

Title: Misssouri River: Mouth to Rulo
Description: 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.
Date: 1946/1947
Object Type: Map

Title: Missouri River: Mouth to Rulo
Description: 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.
Date: 1946/1947
Object Type: Map

Title: SC164 KCPL Reference Hard to Find Collection Finding Aid
Description: 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.
Date: 1980/2005
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Blackwater Keeps on Rollin'
Description: 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."
Date: 2004-04-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

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