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Title
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Kelly's Taverns
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Description
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Photos, illustrations, and information on Kelly's bar at 500 Westport Road, built in the mid-1800s and often called the oldest building in Kansas City. Used for various purposes including a Santa Fe trading post, grocery store (since the early 1900s by the Wiedenmann family of Overland Park, still the owners of the building in the 1970s), and bar or tavern since at least 1936 (the Westport Inn then until bought by Ireland native Randal Kelly in the 1940s).
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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When's a Bar Not a Bar?
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Description
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Story examining the origins and history of the possibly oldest building in Westport, now known as Kelly's bar, but with several name changes through the years.
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Date
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1972-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Old Westport
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Description
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Descriptions of the two of Westport's oldest buildings, the Chouteau-Bridger Building, now Stanford & Son's, and the "Ewing-Boone Building" or Boone's Trading Post, now Kelly's, both built in the mid-1800s, with descriptions of their histories and need for architectural preservation.
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Date
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1977
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Jim Bridger's Store Still Stands?
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Description
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Article about the store building used for Jim Bridger's business in Westport in the mid-1800s, bought from Cyprien Chouteau, still standing at 504 Westport Road next to Boone's Trading Post, with speculations of the date of its construction.
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Date
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1974-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
