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Title: S.B. Harris
Description: Description of Jeremiah Burnet--grandfather of S.B. Harris-- described as "a Virginian, and one of the heroes of the Revolution." He died at the age of 99 in Blue Springs, Missouri.
Date: 1896
Object Type: Book

Title: Early KC History
Description: Transcription of the first paper read before the Old Settlers Historical Society by John C. McCoy details some early history of the Kansas City area and its settlement in relation to the local Indians, noting the Chouteaus, Fort Osage, the Town of Kansas, the Mormons, and a description of the Osage war, 1836.
Date: 1881
Object Type: Book Section

Title: First Schools in Kansas City
Description: Manuscript, author unknown, gives an overview of education and the first schools in the Kansas City area beginning with the Mormon settlement and their log schoolhouse near "what is now the intersection of Armour Boulevard and Troost Avenue."
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Elizabeth Porter
Description: Biographical description of Elizabeth Porter (1750-1845), an early settler of Kansas City involved in the Revolutionary War and interred at her family burial grounds at 26th and Troost Avenues, known as Porter Cemetery. Native of Ireland emigrating to America and during the Revolutionary War held as "a prisoner of the British forces at Fort Niagara." Coming to Jackson County, Missouri, in 1829 as a widow with her son (later the local Reverend James Porter), "settl[ing] on the old Porter farm, which surrounded what is now the intersection of 28th Street and Tracy Avenue."
Date: 1934
Object Type: Book Section

Title: William "Bill" Southern Carnes
Description: Obituary for Bill Carnes, a descendant of two prominent families in Independence. He was the great-grandson of Reverend Alexander Procter, a pioneer minister who settled in Independence in 1860 and founded the first Christian Church, serving as its pastor from 1860-1900. Carnes was also the grandson of Colonel William Southern, Jr., the publisher of the Jackson Examiner, first published in 1898, and founder of the Independence Examiner in 1905, which continues publication today.
Date: 2008-04-17
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Fort St. Vrain
Description: Article about the history of Fort St. Vrain, a fur trading post established on the South Platte River in Colorado by "the Bent and St. Vrain Company" as "a supplement to their famous Bent's Fort on the Arkansas" River. The article describes various operations of and operators in and around the fort, mostly fur traders and emigrants along the Oregon Trail. The fort's primary partner was Marcellin St. Vrain, and its secondary partner was William Bent. It was built in about 1837 and closed in about 1845. Also included are photos of Mr. and Mrs. St. Vrain and the dedication of a monument on its site in 1911.
Date: 1952-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Fort Davy Crockett, Its Fur Men and Visitors
Description: Article about the history of Fort Davy Crockett, a fur trading post in northwest Colorado in the 1830s. Several fur traders, mountain men, and other visitors of the area of the fort are described from the 1820s to the 1840s, many also relating to travel west on the Oregon Trail. Independence, Missouri, is also mentioned as a jumping off point for western expeditions. The fort is described as a "primitive mart" for fur trade, owned by Philip Thompson, William Craig, and Pruett Sinclair, and abandoned by 1840.
Date: 1952-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Kansas History Written in Stone
Description: Article describes the construction and uses of stone arched roof cellars in Kansas during the late nineteenth century. The author focuses upon Tom Parish, a photographer working to locate and document these cellars, and Jack Hofman, an anthropology professor at the University of Kansas, who is studying how the structures were used by Kansas settlers.
Date: 2015-01-04
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Missouri Heritage
Description: Portrait and biographical article about Richard Gentry (~1788-1837), a co-founder of Columbia, Missouri, a War of 1812 veteran, state senator, rival of later President Zachary Taylor, and marshal of the 1827 Santa Fe expedition. He was killed in the Seminole War in 1837.
Date: 1967-08-26
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Oregon Trail
Description: Framed (26.5 in. x 17.5 in.) and matted giclée print "The Oregon Trail; The Highway of the Pioneers to the Pacific Northwest." The print is a reproduction from a map in the MVSC map collection by W. F. McIlwraith.
Date: 2006~
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Fort Osage: First Settlement in Jackson County
Description: Article about the history of Fort Osage, commonly known as the first white settlement in Jackson County, Missouri, from 1808 to 1827. Discussion of the events before 1808 leading to its establishment and its military and other interactions with Indians, led by its chief factor, George Sibley (1782-1863).
Date: 1921-10-03
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Louis Vogel
Description: Short biographical article about Louis Vogel who arrived in Westport in 1839 and in addition to illegally selling whiskey to the Indians, began buying real estate. "Among his achievements was his helping to fund the first street car system in Kansas City, started by Nehemiah Holmes in 1869." Vogel died in 1879. His name is spelled various ways including Lewis and Vogle.
Date: 2008
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Major John Dougherty History
Description: This short article contains a compilation of information taken from various published sources about Major John Dougherty including, "Liberty-Clay County Sesquicentennial Souvenir Program," "The Historical Legends of Iatan," and the "Annals of Platte County" by Paxton. Includes his picture. Dougherty was an Indian agent and early pioneer in Platte and Clay counties.
Date: 2008-05
Object Type: Magazine Article