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Title
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Pioneer Life in Southwest Missouri
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Description
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Chapter of the book about the construction of the "two-story brick mansion" of John B. Wornall, "the most pretentious of anything in that section," just before and during the Civil War, including a description of the Battle of Westport near the house.
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Date
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1929
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Home, Sweet Battlefront
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Description
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Photographs and article describing the John Wornall house in Westport, Missouri, particularly during the Battle of Wesport, October 1863. ''Wornall returned to the Westport home in 1874, following four years as a state senator. The home stayed in the Wornall family for a century following the battle.'' The Jackson County Historical Society has restored the home, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Date
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2004-08-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Action Before Westport, 1864
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Description
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Paintings of battlefields and photos of generals and strategic houses.
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Date
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1964
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Wornall Home Has Historic Past
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Description
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Photo (of the John Wornall residence) and stories of robberies and other assaults on the Wornall home by brigands during the war.
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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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Wornall Home Has Historic Past
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Description
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Photos and story about the Confederate landholders and mansion owners of the Kansas City area, including John Wornall and his Wornall home, who hospitalized Rebels during the Civil War and were in turn robbed by raiders. From essay by Henry Van Brunt, Jr., in the Kansas City Star, September 25, 1949.
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Date
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1963-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
