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Title
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Kansas City: An American Story
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Description
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Chapter of the book about the mutual growth of Kansas City and its livestock industry, including the Stockyards, meat packing companies, railroads, and the like and all located in the West Bottoms, with illustrations, diagrams, photos, and maps.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Octave Chanute
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Description
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Photo and biographical description of Octave Chanute (1832-1910), "a civil engineer involved in bridge building, glider design, and flying machines," native to France and emigrating to Kansas City in 1867, designing the Hannibal Bridge and Stockyards here before experimenting with and writing about early aircrafts, including advising the Wright brothers before their invention of the airplane.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Book Section