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Title
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Huron Cemetery In Kansas City, Kansas
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Description
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View of large, obelisk tombstone with “Armstrong†name on it located in Huron Cemetery in downtown Kansas City, Kansas, on Minnesota Avenue between 6th and 7th Street. Identified as "Huron Cemetery."
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Huron Cemetery
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Description
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View of “Barnes†tombstone in Huron Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas. Identified as “Huron Cemeteryâ€.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Huron Cemetery
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Description
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View of tombstones in Huron Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas. Identified on back of original photo as “ Views from Huron Cemetery, not very goodâ€.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Huron Cemetery
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Description
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View of George I. Clark tombstone in Huron Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas. Clark is identified as "Head Chief of the Wyandotte Nation, Born June 10, 1802, Died Jan. 25, 1858". Identified on photo as "Huron Cemetery."
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Huron Cemetery
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Description
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View of tombstones in Huron Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas. Identified as “Huron Cemeteryâ€.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Indians: Ambush
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Description
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Article about the possible reclaimed ownership of land in downtown Kansas City, Kansas, (centered around Huron Cemetery next to the public library) by the national tribe of Wyandotte Indians.
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Date
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1956-09-17
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Tombstone
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Description
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Close-up view of unidentified tombstone in Indian Cemetery.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Tombstones
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Description
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Distant view of tombstones in Indian Cemetery.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Tombstones
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Description
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Distant view of tombstones in Indian Cemetery.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Wyandotte Indians Moved Into Kansas More Than A Century Ago
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Description
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Reprint from The Kansas City Star, September 8, 1956. Tells how the Wyandotte tribe came into possession of the area and the buildings built by them, including the council house that opened the first free school in Kansas. They began Quindaro cemetery and purchased the Huron cemetery from the Delawares.
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Date
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2003
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Huron Place
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Description
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Historical overview of the churches, schools, businesses, and other important sites within the boundaries of the old Huron Place cemetery in Wyandotte County. The orginal cemetery boundaries were located between 6th and 7th streets, from Minnesota Avenue to Anne Avenue, in what is now downtown Kansas City, Kansas. The land was orginally designated a burial ground by the Wynadot Indians in 1843.
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Date
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2008
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Kansas: 'As Long as . . .'
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Description
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Short article about how the Wyandotte Indians of Oklahoma (part of the Huron tribe) reclaimed the two-acre tract of land in Kansas City, Kansas, used as a burial ground. The Huron Cemetery land was ceded to the U.S. government by the Wyandottes when they were forced to move to Oklahoma. A stipulation of the treaty guaranteed the land would be a cemetery for �??as long as the rivers flow and the grasses grow.�?�
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Date
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1956-09-17
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Huron Cemetery--National Burying Ground of the Wyandotte Indians
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Description
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Article about genealogical information gathered at Huron Cemetery, "located in the 600 block on Minnesota Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas--west of and adjacent to the Public Library in Huron Park."
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Date
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1963-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Huron Indian Cemetery
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Description
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Article describes the history of the Huron Indian Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas, located at North 7th Street and Minnesota Avenue. The cemetery served the Wyandot Nation from the time of their removal to Kansas in 1843 until the tribe was reorganized in ''Indian Territory'' in the early 1870s.
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Date
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2001
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Parking Lots--and 30-Minute Meters to Encourage Their Use
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Description
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Illustrated map and article about the parking lot plan in the downtown or retail business section of Kansas City, Kansas. The main branch of the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library adjacent to the Huron Cemetery park shown in the map, with description of safety factors, landscaping, and intentions to bring more shoppers back to the area.
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Date
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1940-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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SC30-8 DAR Elizabeth Benton Chapter Scrapbook Finding Aid
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Description
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A Kansas City Times article dated Nov. 12, 1979, stated that the Elizabeth Benton DAR chapter, located in Kansas City, Mo., was the first Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution formed west of the Mississippi River. It was organized in 1894 and named after Elizabeth Benton, wife of Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton. The scrapbook was assembled in 1921 by the chapter's Committee on Preservation of Historic Points. The scrapbook contains 177 photocopied pages with 70 black and white historical photographs of the Kansas City area. Located at the front of the scrapbook is a contents page listing the local subjects included which pertain to historical points of interest in the area such as area businesses and buildings, disasters, events, churches, cemeteries, local personalities, etc.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Finding Aid