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Title: Byram's Ford
Description: Byram's Ford, sight of the Battle of the Blue.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Battle of Westport, Lest We Forget...
Description: Map that shows key locations of action in the Battle of Westport, October 20-23, 1864.
Date: 1964
Object Type: Map

Title: A Page of War History: Hot and Bloody Skirmishes Near Kansas City
Description: Review of the battle scenes and burial sites of Civil War fighting.
Date: 1888-05-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Action Before Westport, 1864
Description: Paintings of battlefields and photos of generals and strategic houses.
Date: 1964
Object Type: Book

Title: The Battle of Westport
Description: Map showing Byram's Ford across the Big Blue River.
Date: 1906
Object Type: Book

Title: The Ford That Made the Byram Name Historic
Description: Byram's Ford, a familiar name in local Civil War history, was named after brothers Peter and Augustus Byram who came to this area from western Kentucky in 1839. Before the war, Santa Fe freighters crossed the Blue River at this ford. Peter married Emma Meeker, daughter of the Rev. Jotham Meeker, early Baptist missionary to the Indians in Kansas.
Date: 2005-09
Object Type: Newsletter Article