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Title: Westport Map
Description: File contains maps, illustrations, and information on the 1855 map of Westport, Missouri by Charles Carroll Spalding, or C. C. Spalding, an early Kansas City civil engineer, journalist, author, and town promoter.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Westport Map
Description: Reproduction of 1855 Westport map showing landmarks and modern street names.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Map
Description: 1855 Westport map reproduced in a publication entitled "The Uptowner".
Date: 1947-01-16
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport, Mo. & Its Additions
Description: Map of early Westport, with comments by the map's creator or cartographer, Charles Spalding.
Date: 1855
Object Type: Book

Title: Spalding 1855 Map of Westport
Description: Photograph of the 1855 "Westport, Mo. and Its Additions" map by Charles C. Spalding as it appeared in some publication dated January 16, 1947.
Date: 1947-01-16
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Spalding 1855 Map of Westport
Description: The 1855 Spalding map of Westport, Missouri, which hangs in the Special Collections Department as of September 26, 1974, is on indefinite loan to the Kansas City Public Library from the Daughters of Old Westport. Background information on the map is found in the local clubs collection, "SC 8."
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Westport Historical Society: Society Sets Walking Tour
Description: Description and maps of the walking tours of historic Westport sites, sponsored by the Westport Historical Society. Maps include labeled historic site locations and neighborhood boundaries.
Date: 1976-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Charles Spalding--Westport and Kansas City Town Booster
Description: File containing a photo and biographical article about Charles Carroll Spalding, or Charles Spalding (1826-1876), a pioneer promoter and writer of Kansas City. Native of Vermont coming to Kansas City in 1855 as city engineer (producing a famous map of Westport that year) and journalist for the Kansas City Enterprise, writing one of the city's first books in 1858, becoming city clerk in 1860, and dying partly from Civil War wounds.
Date: 1996-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Old Westport: First Platted by John C. McCoy in 1835
Description: Annotated map of Westport, published by the Broadway Association of Kansas City, Incorporated.
Date: 1942
Object Type: Book

Title: A New Map Showing the Scene of the Battle of Westport, Fought Oct. 23, 1864
Description: Covering territory from Brush Creek on the north to Indian Creek on the south and lying between Big Blue River on the east and State Line Road on the west, covering approximately 68 square miles. ..
Date: 1925-10-18
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: The Expeditions of John Charles Fremont Map Portfolio
Description: Topographical map of the path taken by the 1842 expedition of John C. Fremont from Kansas City or "Westport Landing" to Oregon.
Date: 1970
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: City of the Future, 1850-1950: A Centennial History of Kansas City, Part I
Description: First of a two-part article on Kansas City's centennial history, with illustrations and a map showing early trading posts sites and trails, including "Chouteau Landing" in 1821 and 1844 and Westport and "Kansas Landing."
Date: 1950-01-01
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Wilderness Kingdom--Indian Life in the Rocky Mountains, 1840-1847: The Journal & Paintings of Nicolas Point, S. J.
Description: Illustrations (copies of his paintings) and descriptions of the Kansas City and Westport areas by Father Nicolas Point (1799-1868), pioneer Catholic (Jesuit) missionary of Kansas City. Depictions of the "Westport vicinity" as well as an 1840 map of the French settlement (page 29) along the riverfront area of the Town of Kansas (later Kansas City), labeled in French.
Date: 1905-05-20
Object Type: Book

Title: SC117 Map Collection Finding Aid
Description: This is an artificial collection consisting of maps found in the Missouri Valley Special Collections. The collection includes historical, road, and geological maps, as well as travel guides. Most of the maps relate to Kansas City and Missouri, though Kansas, the rest of the United States, and other countries are represented as well.
Date: 1642/2009
Object Type: Finding Aid

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