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Title: Concerning Gosneyville, Mo.
Description: Unidentified newspaper article about the history of Gosneyville, Missouri, later known as Paradise, Missouri.
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Many Lack Knowledge of 'Forgotten Communities'
Description: Discussion of some forgotten communities in Wyandotte County, Kansas, like Braman Hills, Horanif, and Vance, as well as the Pony Express stopover at 74th Street and Riverview Avenue.
Date: 2009
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Ghost Towns of Clay County
Description: This is an ongoing series of articles about towns in Clay County, Missouri, that are no more. This issue begins with Greenville which started in the 1840s and was located in the northeast part of Clay County. The village was previously known as Williamsville. One description mentioned in the article says it was in Washington Township about three miles east of the James Farm. More on Greenville in the next issue.
Date: 2007-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Route 66 Celebrates 66th!
Description: Article about the history of highway Route 66, one of the first transnational highways in the United States. It crosses Missouri and some sections are on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date: 1992-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Southern Style Plantation with Slave Quarters Once Found at Linkville in Platte County
Description: An excerpt from "Slave Housing in Missouri's Little Dixie - A Partial List of Little Dixie Plantations and/or Houses with Slave Quarters." Includes a brief history of Linkville which used to be located "directly east of today's entrance to KC International Airport."
Date: 2012-01
Object Type: Magazine Article