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Comprehensive Plan: Westport Planning Area, 1971 Preliminary Draft, Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Sections of the report about the need and methods for preserving historic structures and areas in the Westport area by Kansas City's City Planning Department. Discussion of legal and practical methods for retaining historically significant places, with map and lists of historic Westport landmarks, partially through zoning.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Report
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Comprehensive Plan: Westport Planning Area, 1971 Preliminary Draft, Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Preliminary report by the Kansas City Development (or Planning) Department on the projected land use for the Westport area, bounded by 31st, Troost, Ward, and State Line Road. Comprehensive discussion of the diverse area of the city, covering trends in population, housing, transportation, etc., and needs for redevelopment and zoning changes, with numerous maps and illustrations.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Report
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Title
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The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West
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Description
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Photo and chapter of the book about Albert Gallatin Boone, or Albert Boone (1806-1884), grandson of Daniel Boone and fur trapper, Indian trader, Westport businessman, slaveholder, and Santa Fe trader, originally from Kentucky and starting his Western voyages in 1824.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Book
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The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West
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Description
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Photo and chapter of the book about Andrew Whitley Sublette, or Andrew Sublette (1808-1853), a Rocky Mountain fur trader and brother of Westport trader William Sublette. Native of Kentucky raised in Saint Charles, Missouri and traveling to Santa Fe by 1830, working with his brother, Robert Campbell, and Louis Vasquez, James Beckwourth in the mountains and on the Santa Fe Trail until being killed by grizzly bears.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Book
