A surrey carries sight seers on a pleasant ride along a new Kansas City boulevard, Rockhill, in 1909. The scene on the post card is identified as Rockhill Roadway near Rock Bridge. According to a souvenir booklet put out by the park board in 1920 (an updated reprint of the 1914 issue) which contains descriptions and costs of each park and boulevard acquisition, Rockhill Road ran from 45th to Meyer and was 2.47 miles long. Cost of acquisition was given as $12,377.80; cost of construction, $768.92; cost of maintenance, $13,467.81: A total of $26,614.53. Perhaps one reason for the low cost of acquisition was the fact that William Rockhill Nelson and his wife were generous through the years in their gifts of land for right of ways in that area. An old file of minutes of the city board of park commissioners notes one such transaction July 17, 1911: A resolution was adopted for the acceptance of a quitclaim deed made by William R. and Ida H. Nelson conveying land for boulevard purposes for Rockhill Road. Itineraries of 1-, 2- and 3-hour boulevard trips, starting at the Union Station, were carefully detailed in the souvenir booklet. The 1-hour trip was 17 miles, the 2-hour 28 miles and the 3-hour 50 miles. Kansas City Star, August 26, 1972.
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