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Title
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Col. Thomas Rosser of Westport, Missouri
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Description
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Biographical article about Colonel Thomas Rosser, "an ardent pro-slavery man" moving to Kansas from Virginia in 1856 and later the same year to Westport as a druggist at about "the southeast corner of Westport Road and Pennsylvania Avenue." Born about 1817 and becoming a Confederate officer in Civil War Westport
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Date
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1970-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Col. Thomas Rosser of Westport, Missouri
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Description
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Descriptions of Henry Clay Pate, or Henry Pate, a lawyer coming to Westport in 1856 with Colonel Thomas Rosser before being killed in the Civil War in 1863 in Virginia.
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Date
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1970-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Vicissitudes of Pioneer Life
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Description
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Autobiographical article by Washington Chick (1826-1918), the son of Westport pioneer William Chick. The article was written in 1916 for the Missouri Valley Historical Society and is about early settlers and businesses in 1830s Westport and 1840s Kansas City, with an illustration.
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Date
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1970-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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A Letter from Daniel Geary
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Description
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Mention of Franklin Conant's Dry Goods Store, "the direct predecessor to the present [1915] Emery Bird Thayer establishment," at "Delaware Street and the Levee."
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Date
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1970-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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A Letter from Daniel Geary
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Description
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Mention of John Boarman "buil[ding] the first business house, south of the Levee on the south side of Third Street about 100 feet east of Main Street" in Kansas City, circa 1857. Description of the city post office "in J. G. Ranson's store a short distance east of Main Street" in the 1850s and at another time at "Conant's store." Also footnote about the author of the article, Daniel Geary (1835-1924).
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Date
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1970-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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A Letter from Daniel Geary
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Description
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Reminiscences by Daniel Geary from 1915 about the radical changes in the topography in the Town of Kansas around 1856-1859, as its early streets were built and hills graded for settlement. Description of Edmond O'Flaherty as the city's first city engineer in 1857 (in charge of much of the street grading), assisted by the author of the article, Daniel Geary.
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Date
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1970-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Retired Railroader Tells of Early Days
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about Turner Miller (1868-1968), "a 'dead ringer' for Billy the Kid" living in retirement "at 3308 West 71st Terrace, Prairie Village, Kansas." Description of his life and career as a native of Cherokee County, Kansas, moving to Kansas City about 1938 after working as "a railroader for 49 years." Reminiscences about his encounters in the Great Plains with the Dalton Gang, "one of the Starr Boys," and "making the run into the Cherokee Strip," etc.
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Date
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1970-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
