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Title
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Battle of Westport Memorial
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Description
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Close-up view of plaque located on north side of 51st opposite Loose Park.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The "Dummy" Line from Westport to Waldo
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Description
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Anecdotes about the "way one got back and forth from Westport to Waldo at the turn of the century," on the "dummy" line to Dodson ("the present 85th and Prospect"), where it connected with the Missouri Pacific Railroad. "Dummy" meaning a type of condensing engine quieter than "the usual kind."
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Confederate Soldiers Monument
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Description
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Full frontal and side view of Confederate Soldiers monument, commemorating those soldiers killed in the Battle of Westport.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Confederate Soldiers Monument
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Description
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View of Confederate Soldiers monument and tombstones at south end of cemetery. Monument commemorates those soldiers killed in Battle of Westport. Cemetery located at 69th and Troost.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Confederate Soldiers Monument
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Description
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Close-up view of base of Confederate Soldiers monument, south end of the cemetery. Monument commemorates those soldiers killed in Battle of Westport.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Historical Marker
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Description
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Frontal view of historical marker which reads "Shelby's Last Stand", commemorating the Battle of Westport. Cemetery located at 69th and Troost.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Street Railroads of the City
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Description
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Reprint of an article from the August 10, 1873, Kansas City Times about the "extension of tracks [and] additions to the street railroads of the city," including new connections to Westport and Kansas City, Kansas.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Memorial Honors World War I Hero
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Description
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Article about Major Murray Davis, a Kansas City lawyer killed in World War I, describing his life and the memorial dedicated in 1928 to him and his comrades, at 40th and Main Streets, and designed by Wight and Wight architects.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
