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Title
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Stockyards
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Description
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Stockyards history: (1871) organized as the "Kansas Stockyards Company" with the first Live Stock Exchange Building erected; (1876) reorganized as the "Kansas City Stockyards Company"; (1886) Kansas City Live Stock Exchange organized; (1951) most of the Stockyards area wiped out by the flood and the development of Kemper Arena and Interstate 670; (post-1975) the remaining 35 acres sold to National Farms, Incorporated, to be demolished and become part of a planned office park project.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Stockyards, Kansas City
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Description
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Overhead view of the Kansas City Stockyards (empty of livestock), showing water and mud damage from the 1951 Flood.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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1951 Flooded Areas
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Description
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Aerial view of railroad yards, Kansas City stockyards, and West Bottoms buildings in the aftermath of the 1951 flood.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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1951 Flood Damaged Area
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Description
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View of Kansas City stockyards and railroad lines showing damage from the 1951 flood.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Me and My...Livestock Exchange Building
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Description
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Article recalls Jay Dillingham's memories of July, 1951, when the 1951 Flood ravaged the Kansas City Stockyards, of which Dillingham was president and chairman of the board.
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Date
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2004-07-11
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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1951 Flood
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Description
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Aerial view of flood looking west across the West Bottoms from near the foot of the 12th Street Viaduct. Stockyards in view. Businesses in view include Stowe Hardware and Supply Company, Continental Electric Company, John Deere Plow Company, and Columbian Tanks.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
