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Title
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SC167 Kansas City Stockyards
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Description
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The Kansas City Stockyards operated in the West Bottoms of Kansas City from 1871 to 1991. It was the second largest stockyards in the nation and one of Kansas City's most important industries. This collection documents the natural and built environment of the Kansas City Stockyards and West Bottoms from 1828-1983. It is a mostly oversized collection of blueprints, maps, architectural drawings, land abstracts, photos, and correspondence. Some items from this collection have been digitized and are available to view in the "Stockyards" Digital Collection, http://www.kchistory.org/digital-collections.
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Date
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1828/1983
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Tracing the Old Interurban
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Description
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Article tells of a group of people that trace the ancient right of way of the Interurban (The Kansas City, Clay County, and St. Joseph Railroad) that ran between Kansas City and Excelsior Springs. Different bridges and stops along the way are described.
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Date
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2011
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Tiimeline History of the Kansas City and Cameron Railroad: Clay County's First Railroad
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Description
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This paper includes an introduction, timeline (1853-2005) for the Kansas City and Cameron Railroad, and various supporting references for the timeline. The references include photocopies of Web sites, newspaper clippings, hand drawn diagrams, maps, advertisements, photographs, etc. The main focus is railroad service through Clay County, Missouri, with some general information concerning the initial nineteenth-century railroad development in this area to its demise in the mid-twentieth century. Includes information on the Hannibal Bridge, train doodlebugs, the Burlington train depot in Liberty, Missouri (1906-1979), and photographs of what currently remains of the Chandler depot just northwest of Liberty. According to the timeline, the Kansas City and Cameron Railroad became the Kansas City, Galveston, and Lake Superior Railroad, then the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, and eventually the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
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Date
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2007~
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
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Description
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Article reviews the political struggle over the fate of the Katy Bridge at Boonville. The bridge for the MKT (Missouri-Kansas-Texas) railroad was built in 1932 and at the time was the largest lift-span bridge in the United States. It was also "a second incarnation of a bridge that was constructed in 1874." The Katy Trail takes a detour at Boonville to bypass the rail bridge. Union Pacific, owners of the bridge, plan to recycle bridge materials for use in a different location, saying this could save them close to eight million dollars. Save the Katy Bridge Coalition is working hard to raise funds to refurbish it for pedestrian and bicycle use on the Katy Trail.
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Date
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2008-08
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
