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20/20 Visionaries
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Description
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Article spotlights 30 "visionaries" of Kansas City, the men and women who "pioneered the region, pushed our borders in new directions, set the stage from the growth of companies...and helped give this place call home some of the unique characteristics." The people profiled comprise of early setters, founding fathers, entrepreneurs, business magnates, developers, physicians, and philanthropists. Photos of each are featured in the article.
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2014-07
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Magazine Article
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The Autobiography of Isaac McCoy
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Collection of publications documenting the life of Isaac McCoy. Also included with this volume are the Articles of Faith and Covenant of the Maria Creek Baptist Church (1809), a letter from Christiana McCoy to Isaac McCoy (ca. 1800s), and a letter from Isaac McCoy to Waller Taylor (1819).
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Date
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2011
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Object Type
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Book
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A Brief History of Francis Harrison Booth, 1812-1869
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Description
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Francis Harrison Booth was a grocer and saloon keeper in Westport, Missouri, who served as the town's marshal and was among the founders of the First Baptist Church of Westport. This research paper brings together what is known of him and his family.
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Date
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2010
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Manuscript
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Building on Faith
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Description
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Article discusses the role of religion in the settlement of the western United States.
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2005-06
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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'But, Will This Still be 'Demus?"
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Description
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Article describes the past and present of Nicodemus, Kansas. The town was founded in 1877 by about 60 African American families from the Lexington, Kentucky, area who were intent on establishing a "Free State colony."
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Date
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2004
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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The Chouteau Map Re-Examined: A Quest in Progress
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"Over the years, so much mythology has accumulated around this map that recently the authors of this article set out to find the evidence. With this article is published, in color for the first time, the earliest known version of the 'Choteau' map, as well as the story of how it came to be such an icon of St. Louis's colonial past." Pages 30-31 has a chart called "Chronology of the 'Chouteau' Map.
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Date
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2009
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Colonel Daniel Boone
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Description
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Portrait of Colonel Daniel Boone, photo reproduction of an oil painting painted by Chester Harding in 1819. Overlaid description, "Colonel Daniel Boone/As Chester Harding saw him in 1819 when he/painted the first and only personal picture ever/painted of him. Now owned by Mrs. Wm Harding/King. Others are copies. Observe the tiny/cracks in the oil cloth from age./R. N. Mayfield/1-27-1934." On the back, handwritten in ink, "Gift of Dr. R. N. Mayfield/Washington Bldg./Seattle, Wash."
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Date
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1934-01-27
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Photograph
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Cyrus Curtis : Merchant on the Missouri Frontier
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Description
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A 19 page photocopied typescript of a paper with photos, charts, maps, and bibliiographic references. One of a series of articles intended to bring recognition of the early French influence in Clay County, Missouri. Includes typed redaction of a serial novel, "A tale of Rush Creek", by Edward Curtis (son of Cyrus) together with an analysis by Kevin Fisher. Novel was serialized in the Liberty "Tribune" in 1847.
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Date
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1994
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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