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Title
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Westport - Its Place in Western History
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Description
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Author prepared and read this 12 page paper before the Broadway Improvement Association, Oct. 6, 1941. Includes a cover letter dated May 25, 1962, addressed to Mr. George Fuller Green.
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Date
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1941
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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Frontier Druggists of Westport during the Westward Migration, 1848-1861
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Description
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Manuscript that focuses upon the stories of Joseph O. Boggs and Thomas H. Rosser, two early pharmacists of Westport, Missouri. Boggs is described as having been born near Lexington, Kentucky, on January 31, 1808, and later relocating to Westport after purchasing a store there and naming it the Pioneer Drug & Book Store. The author states that Boggs relocated with his family to California in 1870 and died on October 28, 1889. Rosser is described as having been born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on March 15, 1818, and later relocating to Westport to establish Rosser's Drug Store (later Westport Drug Store) in 1856. The author states that Rosser's store was burned in May of 1861, that he joined the Missouri State Guard during the Civil War, relocated to Selma, Alabama, and died there on May 22, 1897.
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Date
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1980-07-07
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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A Brief History of Francis Harrison Booth, 1812-1869
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Description
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Francis Harrison Booth was a grocer and saloon keeper in Westport, Missouri, who served as the town's marshal and was among the founders of the First Baptist Church of Westport. This research paper brings together what is known of him and his family.
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Date
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2010
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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A History of Allen School: 1854-1976
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Description
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A 52 page, photocopied typescript with footnotes and bibliography on the history of Allen School, the first public school in Westport and Kansas City. Includes pictures, diagrams, and other illustrations.
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Date
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1976~
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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The Penn School
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Description
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History of Penn School in Westport, started after the Civil War for African American children with its own structure built in 1880, closed in 1955, and burned in 1967.
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Date
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1961
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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The Search For Adaline Harvey Bent - The Fourth and Basically Unknown Wife of William Bent
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Description
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Footnoted paper which gives basic information about William Bent and his family with particular emphasis on Adeline Harvey Bent, his fourth and last wife. She was the daughter of fur trader Alexander Harvey and his Indian wife. Adaline and Bent were married for a short while before his death and supposedly had a daughter. Paper explains her involvement with Bent's will and his property in Westport.
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Date
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2004
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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The Kansas City El Road
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Description
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Paper by Calvin Manon about the history of the elevated street railway road, partly constituted of a tunnel running underground through the bluff at 8th Street. Information also about other streetcars, including 40 acquired from the 1904 Saint Louis World's Fair, the city's most ornate, durable, and smooth-riding until 1941. Excerpt from page 3: "The engines carried a dummy street car body, a camouflage which was supposed to prevent horses from becoming frightened along the routes where the trains ran on streets. Presumably this was supposed to keep the horses from seeing the smoke or hearing the snorting of the engine. The tiny, eight wheeled locomotives burned coke instead of coal. This was an effort to hold down the volume of smoke and cinders, the major objection to the use of steam engines for city transportation."
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Date
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1967-10-10
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Object Type
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Manuscript
