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Title
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A Brief History of Old Westport
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Description
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Originally published in The Kansas City Star in March 1933, this is part three, the conclusion. It states that "by the early 40's the number of residents had grown to 2,500, and by 1848 or 1849 Westport's prominence as a commercial center had become generally recognized." Article talks about the first post office, first churches, first public cemetery, "Parties Lasted Into Morning Hours," ''Decimated by Cholera in 1849,'' dress and appearance of the "well-dressed man," and a list of names of early residents and their trade or business.
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Date
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2004
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Description of Kansas City and Westport in 1859
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Description
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Book includes diary accounts from individuals who took various routes to the gold fields in Colorado in 1859. Charles C. Post took the Arkansas Route. He describes coming up the Missouri River from St. Louis. On May 9, 1859 he arrived in Kansas City. He says, "This is a beautiful city, situated on a number of hills or bluffs, has about nine thousand souls, is only three years old, does a heavy business for New Mexico and all southwest country. It is a point that suits me much, and had I not determined on Pike's Peak, I'd have Ann Laura and little Charley here shortly and locate."
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Date
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2004
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Taking Steps To Record Steptoe, Westport's Vanishing African American Neighborhood
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Description
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The African American community of Steptoe was located in Westport, Missouri. This article explores the name of the community and its growth after the Civil War. "The tiny hamlet in Westport known as Steptoe was a collection of neat clapboard houses tucked along narrow streets between Westport Road and the Country Club Plaza. Its center was at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 43rd Terrace. The name Steptoe was spelled out in blue and white ceramic tiles set in the pavement at each corner." Various family names connected with the area are mentioned.
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Date
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2004
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
