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Title: Intercity Viaduct Over Kaw River
Description: Partial view of the Intercity Viaduct over the Kaw River in Kansas City, Missouri. A railroad track and the ruins of a wooden building are visible on the river in front of the viaduct.
Date: 1915-07-18
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Area of the Stockyards and Kaw River
Description: Area of the Stockyards and the Kaw River between 23rd St. Viaduct and Central Ave, showing buildings including Swift and Co., no date.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 23rd Street Bridge Construction
Description: Photograph of construction of the 23rd Street Bridge over the Kaw River in Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1916-01-22
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kaw River
Description: View of the Kaw River. The handwriting on photo says, "Kaw River from L south." A bridge and chimneys are visible in background.
Date: 1915-07-18
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Report Looks at Causes, Effects of Kansas River's Long Decline
Description: Article reviews the Kansas Water Office report that is the first comprehensive look at how the river has deteriorated over the years. ''The Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, winds 170 miles from near Manhattan through Topeka and Lawrence before it joins the Missouri.''
Date: 2005-06-02
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Chicago Great Western Railroad Bridge
Description: Partial view of the Chicago Great Western Railroad Bridge (identified on photo as C & GW Bridge) over the Kaw River in Kansas City, Kansas. Water is high.
Date: 1915-07-18
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Railroad tracks along Kaw River
Description: Santa Fe main line tracks between the Kaw River and the adjacent bluffs, looking east from the 7th Street Bridge. Photograph is part of proposed flood control projects to raise levees and railroad tracks along the Kaw River.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kaw and Missouri River Junction
Description: View of the junction of the Kaw River and the Missouri River in Kansas City, Missouri, identified by handwriting on photo as Kaw Point. Buildings and a bridge are visible in background.
Date: 1915-07-18
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kaw and Missouri River Junction
Description: View of the junction of the Kaw River and the Missouri River in Kansas City, Missouri. Buildings and a bridge are visible in background.
Date: 1915-07-18
Object Type: Photograph

Title: It's Just One Big Sewer
Description: Article describes the water pollution problem around the Kaw Point area of the Kansas River. A reported 2.5 billion gallons of raw sewage empties out near the Kaw Point Park each year due to Kansas City's antiquated stormwater-sewer system. The Friends of the Kaw and other organizations and agencies are lobbying for Kansas City to speed up its sewer repair schedule.
Date: 2011-08-20
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: In the Bend of the Kaw
Description: Part I-Earliest Settlements, 1825-1854. The author includes quotes from standard sources. Part II-"The Farmers Came" 1855-1879 (V.1#7, p.276-279.) Part III-"Take 'er Down an 'turn 'er", 1875-1900 (V.1,#8, p.325-330) Final in series - "And the Floods Came", 1901-1951 (V.1, #9, p.380-385).
Date: 2002
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Exploring the Kaw Valley
Description: Book details the Kaw River valley areas and includes a short section on the Grinter House with a photograph. Gives the history of the Grinter family and of the historical significance of the home.
Date: 2002
Object Type: Book Section

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