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Title: Westport: 1812-1912
Description: Drawing of the "old Yoacham tavern, Westport Ave. and Mill Street."
Date: 1912
Object Type: Book

Title: Taverns
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Where the Hobo Exists: Sunday Night Scenes in Some of the North End Resorts
Description: Illustrations and article about the hobos and other "vagrants" at "the North end, Second ward, in a beer resort known as 'The Buzzard,' No. 1." Description of their lifestyles at bars or saloons such as the Buzzard Number 2 (at about 4th Street and Walnut Street) and other such establishments, monitored by the police department, "the Roberts mission," and the Helping Hand Institute for potential looting and other crime.
Date: 1895-01-14
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Kelly's Taverns
Description: 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).
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Daniel Yoacham
Description: Information on Daniel Yoacham (dying in 1846), an early settler and tavern keeper of Westport, Missouri in the 1830s-1840s, and owner of a very old Santa Fe Trail shade tree (ca. 1644-1957) between Central and Wyandotte Streets on Ward Parkway.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Historic Arrow Rock Tavern
Description: Article describing the historic Arrow Rock Tavern in Arrow Rock, Missouri, on the Santa Fe Trail, built in 1830, with photos of interior and exterior.
Date: 1925-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Daniel Yoacham's Tree
Description: Photo and article about the 300-plus-year-old tree on the late Daniel Yoacham's property in Westport at Central and Ward Parkways, cut down in 1957. Originally on the property of Yoacham from 1833 until sold to Alexander Doniphan in 1838, used as a shady resting spot for western travelers passing on the Santa Fe Trail until later sold to John Reid in 1872 and later the J. C. Nichols Company.
Date: 1969-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: David Max Golad Obituary
Description: Death notice for David M. Golad who died December 21, 2006, at the age of 85. "In 1952, Mr. Golad opened Dave's 423 Club, one of the first taverns in Westport. In 1972, he relocated to 316 Westport Road as Dave's Stagecoach Inn..." He was awarded the first lottery license in Kansas City, Missouri. Includes his picture.
Date: 2006-12-29
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Old Haunt Gets New Lease On Life
Description: Steve and Tom LanFranca have teamed up to open Tom's Bigger Jigger, a neighborhood tavern located at Belmont and St. John. Article includes a picture of the business and of the LanFrancas.
Date: 2003-09-10
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Clay County-Liberty Sesquicentennial: Once a Busy Way Station
Description: File containing an article about the Seybold Tavern, built in 1823 one and one-half miles south of Excelsior Springs, Missouri, in Clay County, made of logs. Description of its visitors and hosts, Louis and Nellie Seybold, until its burning in 1952.
Date: 1972-02-27
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: George Knerr Saloon
Description: Full frontal view; located at 3001 Southwest Boulevard.
Date: 1900
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Crawford's Place Tavern
Description: Full frontal view.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General Bar
Description: Full frontal view.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Yoachim Tavern
Description: Photograph of a drawing of tavern and grounds.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Yoachim Tavern
Description: Photograph of a painting of saloon and grounds by George. F. Green; located at Westport Road and Mill Street.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Papa's Place
Description: Full frontal view; located at 802 Main.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Photograph

Title: John Lang Saloon
Description: Exterior, street level view of the John Lang Saloon with person seated in buggy on the street at the front. Sign above door reads "Muehlebach's Beer." Located at 2427 Holmes.
Date: 1900~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: This is Your Father's Bar
Description: Article announces the retirement of Waldo bar owner, Bobby Baker. Baker is interviewed and describes how his father and longtime tavern owner, Johnny Baker, was connected to the Pendergast political machine as well as his own decision to enter the bar business. Baker states that his daughter, Becky Hamrich, will take over the popular bar in 2013.
Date: 2012-12-20
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Roadhouse Blues
Description: Article reviews B.B.'s Lawnside Barbeque, located at 1205 E. 85th Street. The author also discusses the history of the restaurant's location, which was for many years outside of city limits and known for its exotic, all-night party atmosphere.
Date: 2002-12-19
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Cottage Inn Tavern
Description: Full frontal view, located at 1917-19 McGee.
Date: 1977
Object Type: Photograph

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