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Title: Origin of the Christian Church at Westport
Description: Paper read by the author "before the congregation of Hyde Park Christian Church of Westport, Mo., Sunday afternoon, November 25, 1906, at the celebration of the 69th anniversary of the founding of the Westport Chrisitan Church, now known as Hyde Park Christian Church." Origins and early history of the church, starting as a log building built about 1839 by Jacob Ragan at 3644 Holmes Street and donated to the Christian Church, with a brick church built about 1847 as the "Union church" at "Westport avenue and Central street."
Date: 1907-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Origin of the Christian Church at Westport
Description: Footnote about Stephen Ragan (1823-1909), "one of the most noted of the pioneer teachers in this County" and son of pioneer Kansas Citian Jacob Ragan.
Date: 1924-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Origin of the Christian Church at Westport
Description: Mention of "the families of Col. James and William Cogswell" in northeastern Jackson County, "in the vicinity of Sibley, Lavasy [sic], Buckner and Grain Valley" in the mid-1800s.
Date: 1924-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Origin of the Christian Church at Westport
Description: Mention of Judge Luther Mason as a member of the Christian Church living near Blue Springs, Missouri, around 1837 to 1840.
Date: 1924-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Origin of the Christian Church at Westport
Description: Mention of E. A. Hickman and Isaac Bryant as organizers of "a church at Hickman Mills in the year 1857 or 1858," along with Ed Noland, Ben Robinson, and J. R. Whitsett ("at Hart Grove," Missouri).
Date: 1924-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Origin of the Christian Church at Westport
Description: Mention of Ed Noland and Ben Robinson as among the organizers of a Christian Church in Hickman Mills, Missouri, in 1857 or 1858.
Date: 1924-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Origin of the Christian Church at Westport
Description: Mention of Jack Bynum, John Tate, and Colonel George Tate, residents of the Lone Jack, Missouri area as members of the Christian Church in late 1830s Jackson County.
Date: 1924-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Origin of the Christian Church at Westport
Date: 1907-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Early Schools of Jackson County
Description: Two paragraphs about the "first" school in Westport and one of its teachers.
Date: 1922-12
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Early Schools of Jackson County
Description: Footnote and description of Dr. Henry Hereford, a physician and teacher in Jackson County schools and at Westport in the mid-19th century.
Date: 1922-12
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Early Schools of Jackson County
Description: Mention of Henry Chiles and Lige Chiles as students at the school of John W. Bybee near Westport in the 1840s.
Date: 1922-12
Object Type: Magazine Article