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Title: Local Creek and River Names
Description: Origins given of the names of local creeks and rivers with map.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Kansas City Waterways
Description: Copies of articles giving the origins of the names of local creeks and rivers, with a map.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: History of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Chapter of the book about barge navigation and river improvement in the Kansas City area for steamboats and other riverboats on the Missouri River and Kansas River. Describing the physical and financial projects involved.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Book

Title: Kansas River
Description: File containing material pertaining to the Kansas River as it relates to Kansas City.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Names of Kansas Rivers Reflect Some of the History Made on Their Banks
Description: Article discussing the origins of the names of rivers in Kansas, including the Missouri River, from the word "Missouri," meaning "'town of large canoes' or 'wooden canoe people,'" taken from the Missouri Indians, with map.
Date: 1950-01-17
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City and West Bottoms
Description: Aerial view of downtown Kansas City, the West Bottoms, and the confluence of the Kansas River with the Missouri River looking northwest. No print image; negative and digital only.
Object Type: Negative

Title: Over Around and Through: The Blue River and its Crossings
Description: Article discusses the history and importance of the Blue River which often goes unnoticed. It includes references to floods, bridges and the difficulty of crossing the river in the early years of settlement.
Date: 2006
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Beautiful Blue River: A Peaceful Sunday on It Shaded Waters
Description: Article about the Big Blue River in eastern Kansas City, with a description of its early days as a trapping ground for Daniel Boone and thereafter river crossing on the Santa Fe Trail.
Date: 1905-08-20
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: A Walk Under The River
Description: Author describes his experience visiting the tunnel under the Missouri River being constructed by Missouri American Water. "The tunnel is the main vein of the Jefferson City Tunnel Project, an $11 million upgrade to replace an obsolete water-intake system" more than 100 years old. Sidebar, "What The New Tunnel Will Do," gives a description and stats of the 220-foot tunnel, 80 feet under the surface.
Date: 2011-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Blue Valley Industrial District
Description: Aerial view looking north shows the Blue River, also known as the Big Blue, cutting through the center of the image, with 12th Street crossing over. The left foreground of the image shows The Ruberoid Co., manufacturers of asphalt and asbestos building materials. To the north is Black Sivalls & Bryson Inc., makers of steel products. North of the bridge, in the current location of Interstate 435, is the Centropolis Crusher, a facility for rock crushing. Standard Oil Co. refinery at Sugar Creek is visible in the far background. The Olympic Stadium Midget Auto Racetrack at 7900 Truman Road is visible south of 12th Street and east of the river. As of 2010, the Olympic Stadium site is now home to Pick-n-Pull used auto parts lot. The Standard Oil Refinery, later Amoco Oil Company, closed in the 1980s.
Date: 1962-11-20
Object Type: Negative

Title: Blue Valley Industrial District
Description: Aerial view looking north shows the Blue River, also known as the Big Blue, cutting through the center of the image, with 12th Street crossing over. In the left foreground, a portion of The Ruberoid Co. (manufacturers of asphalt and asbestos building materials) is visible. Just north of that is the parking lot of Black Sivalls & Bryson Inc. (makers of steel products). North of the bridge, in the current location of Interstate 435, is the Centropolis Crusher, a facility for rock crushing. Just out of sight on the south of 12th and east of Blue River is the Olympic Stadium Midget Auto Racetrack.
Date: 1962-11-20
Object Type: Negative

Title: Report Looks at Causes, Effects of Kansas River's Long Decline
Description: Article reviews the Kansas Water Office report that is the first comprehensive look at how the river has deteriorated over the years. ''The Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, winds 170 miles from near Manhattan through Topeka and Lawrence before it joins the Missouri.''
Date: 2005-06-02
Object Type: Newspaper Article