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Title
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When Signboard Hill Was a Picnic Place
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Description
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Reminiscences of Martin "Keck's Tivoli Garden" in the 1870s roughly between 23rd, Baltimore, 25th, and Main Streets, a picnicking and dancing site on Signboard Hill. Description of Martin Keck, owner of the garden, arriving in Independence "from Germany in 1855," and engaging as a Santa Fe freighter in Westport until starting the Tivoli Garden in Kansas City in 1868 at about 24th and Main Streets.
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Date
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1970-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
