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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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Stockyards
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Description
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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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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Me and My...Livestock Exchange Building
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Description
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Article recalls Jay Dillingham's memories of July, 1951, when the 1951 Flood ravaged the Kansas City Stockyards, of which Dillingham was president and chairman of the board.
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Date
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2004-07-11
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Growth and Development of the Kansas City Stock Yards : A History, 1871-1947
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Description
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An 83-page thesis presented to the faculty of the University of Kansas City, Department of History and Political Science for a Master of Arts degree. It contains six chapters with a conclusion and a bibliography. Included are topics as the Live Stock Exchange, Traders Live Stock Exchange, flood of 1903, fire of 1917, etc.
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Date
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1948
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Object Type
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Thesis/Dissertation
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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
