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Title
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Firemen
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Description
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Fireman atop Flower Parade float before Westport City Hall.
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Date
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1896
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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A Memorial and Biographical Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Mo.
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Description
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Photo and bio of Frederick Esslinger, "the owner of fine vineyards" and "an improved wine garden" in Westport, born in Germany in 1818 and emigrating to the United States in 1850. Description of his career, starting as a watchmaker and musical instrument manufacturer, repairing organs in Saint Louis in 1850 before moving in 1851 to Kansas City and continuing in watchmaking and jewelry in both Westport and Kansas City until the end of the Civil War.
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Date
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1896
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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A Memorial and Biographical Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Mo.
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Description
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Photo and bio of Richard Steele, a retired "capitalist" of Kansas City. Born in Kentucky in 1832 and raised on "the old homestead being located on the main road between Independence and Westport" near the Ashland School before serving the Confederacy in the Civil War and becoming a real estate investor.
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Date
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1896
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Daniel Boone Descendants
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Description
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Biographical sketches of many descendants of Daniel Boone, the 18th century explorer, and including Daniel Morgan Boone, with thorough genealogy. Description also of the life of a great-grandson of Daniel Boone, Napoleon Boone, "a well known and highly respected farmer of Westport township," a freighter on the Santa Fe Trail and other points west, starting to farm in 1868 in Jackson County.
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Date
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1896
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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A Memorial and Biographical Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Mo.
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Description
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Photo and bio of Seth Ward, a pioneer real estate investor and former western trader of Westport. Born in Virginia in 1820 and moving to Independence in 1838 and operating as a trader on the Santa Fe Trail and at Fort Laramie until returning to Jackson County, Missouri after the Civil War as a realtor and banker with land holdings at the later Country Club District.
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Date
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1896
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Object Type
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Book
