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Title
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Fort Osage: First Settlement in Jackson County
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Description
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Article about the history of Fort Osage, commonly known as the first white settlement in Jackson County, Missouri, from 1808 to 1827. Discussion of the events before 1808 leading to its establishment and its military and other interactions with Indians, led by its chief factor, George Sibley (1782-1863).
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Date
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1921-10-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Reverend Isaac McCoy
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Description
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Mention and footnote about brothers John Calvin McCoy and Dr. Rice McCoy as surveyors with their father Isaac McCoy of "a military reservation of about eleven sections of land, including the small post called Cantonment Leavenworth" in 1830. John McCoy also noted as the active surveyor "of the Cherokee outlet, called the 'Cherokee Strip,'" completed in 1837.
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Date
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1921-10-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Looking Backward
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Description
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Description of the "old court house" in Kansas City, "which stood at the northeast corner of the public square with a "basement which was used as a military prison during the Civil War" and a second story used as a "court of Common Pleas."
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Date
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1922-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Looking Backward
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Description
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One paragraph about the Mondamin Hotel at the southwest corner of 12th and Washington Streets, originally the home of Mayor Johnston Lykins, called in 1859 "the finest residence in town." Moved westward in 1912 from the corner of 12th and Broadway Streets (possibly by William Bovard, Sr.) and renovated into a hotel.
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Date
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1922-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
