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Title
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Kansas City in 1879
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Description
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Promotional booklet for Kansas City, Missouri. Item includes sections covering the development of the city's business interests, a list of buildings constructed in 1878, its history, its geographic advantages, descriptions of various businesses and public institutions, descriptions of its suburbs, and advertisements.
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Date
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1879
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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
