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Title
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High & Rising
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Description
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Book is filled with photographs, personal reminiscences, and information concerning the 1951 flood. It includes a section called "A Long History of Flooding" which tells of other floods in the area (pp. 132-133).
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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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High & Rising: The 1951 Kansas City Flood
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Description
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Book about the 1951 flood in Kansas City with numerous photos and descriptions of its causes (heavy rains in Kansas) and results (millions of dollars of damage leaving mud and wreckage), etc.
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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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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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About the West: Kansas Abolitionists Fight Confederates in Missouri
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Description
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Photos, illustrations, map, and biographical article about Jared Barnes (1834-1916), "an avowed Free-Stater" moving from his native New York to Kansas Territory in 1857 and serving as a Union officer in the border warfare and Civil War. Description of other soldiers on both sides of the conflict such as Colonel W. D. McCain, Captain Golden Silvers (43 years old in 1864 and later a Kansas senator), Major General Samuel Curtis, and General Joseph Shelby, et al.
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Date
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2001
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Demise of Toad-a-Loop
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Description
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Article about the demise of the area of Kansas City, Kansas known as "Toad-a-Loop" or "Tour-de-Loup." Described as "the horseshoe area surrounding Greystone Heights with a portion crossing over into Jackson County, Missouri" and "noted for criminal gang activity for over 25 years" until about 1905.
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Date
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2001
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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1951: The Great Flood
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Description
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Photos and article about the 1951 flood, "the second major flood of Kansas City, Kansas history" and the author's experiences in surviving it.
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Date
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2001
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
