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Map of the Town of Westport in 1855
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Description
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Under title, "Shown in Relation to the Streets of Today, and Which Shows Principal Business and Residential Locations from 1835 to 1900." At lower right corner, "Copied by Adrienne Christopher-10-12-1968. Historian & Researcher, Westport Historical Society."
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1968
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Map
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James Slavens
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Photo and bio of J. W. L. Slavens, or James Slavens (1838-1905), mayor of Kansas City in 1877 and mayor of Westport in 1895 before its annexation. Native of Indiana serving the Union in the Civil War before coming to Kansas City in 1866 as a lawyer and meat packer and city treasurer the next year, with residences at 10th and Jefferson Streets and later 3016 Oak Street.
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1968
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Book Section
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Dr. Johnston Lykins
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Description
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Portrait and biographical sketch of Dr. Johnston Lykins (1800-1876), a physician, Baptist missionary, realtor, the first legal mayor of Kansas City (from 1853 to 1855), and native of Virginia. Description of his life and career, coming to Jackson County, Missouri, in 1831 as a missionary "in charge of the first post office west of Independence" that year with first residence two miles south of Westport, then buying land on Broadway from Louis Bartholet about 1836 and building a warehouse at the Levee there, as well as his first Kansas City home at 2nd and Walnut and his second at 12th and Broadway (later moved to 12th and Washington Streets, renovated into a hotel, and then demolished).
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1968
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Book Section
