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Title: Recollections of Old Times
Description: Details about experiences in "Old West" Kansas City, starting in 1851, mentioning the name of Westport Landing as the better known name of Kansas City at the time. Author Mattie Lykins the widow first of Dr. Johnston Lykins and then of artist George Caleb Bingham. Page 15: "At that time [1851-1852] Kansas City could hardly be called even a village. It was better known as Westport Landing."
Date: 1971-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Recollections of Old Times
Description: Establishment of the first Protestant church in Kansas City in 1852, mainly used by the Methodists.
Date: 1971-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Recollections of Old Times
Description: Colorful story about the organization of a church Sunday School in 1854 and its troubles with illiterate "rough looking boys."
Date: 1971-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Recollections of Old Times
Description: Mention of the creek in the description of Grand Avenue and Main Street in 1852.
Date: 1971-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Recollections of Old Times
Description: Struggles related to setting up Kansas City's "first" public fair. Church funds raised greatly for a population of only 400 in the city.
Date: 1971-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Recollections of Old Times
Description: Recollection about an encounter with surprisingly friendly Indians and their disease-inducing pork.
Date: 1971-09
Object Type: Magazine Article