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Title: Early Day Weather Documented in Society Archives
Description: Article about using historical records to determine climatic changes in the Kansas City area, including extremes such as floods, snowfall, heat waves, etc.
Date: 1978-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Bottoms Flooded By Missouri River
Description: View north from the Great Western Bridge in the bottoms of Kansas City, Kansas being flooded by the Missouri River.
Date: 1915-07-18
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Packing Plants Good Opportunity
Description: Picture and article about "the mammoth meat-packing plants near the stockyards" in the West Bottoms and their job opportunities for early non-English-speaking immigrants in Kansas City. Brief history of the packing workers' residency near the plants until largely flooded out in 1903 and 1951 which forced them to move to higher ground, Strawberry Hill in Kansas City, Kansas.
Date: 2001-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

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

Title: Missouriana: Missouri Floods
Description: Description of disastrous floods in Missouri history, including those affecting Kansas City in 1826, 1844, 1881, 1903, and 1909.
Date: 1942-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: TRCA Makes Funding Appeal to City-Wide PIAC
Description: Article about the appeal by the Truman Road Corridor Association for "an engineering study to examine the flooding problems of four underpasses in and near Historic Northeast: 18th Street and Indiana, 13th Street and Jackson, 12th Street and Elmwood, and Cleveland and Truman Road" (all railroad underpasses and "part of the Goose Neck Creek Watershed").
Date: 2001-08-22
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Burlington, Kansas
Description: Flooded business district in Burlington, Kansas. Post Office in view and clothing business with M. Seelig over the door.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: If You Don't Like the Weather, Wait a Minute
Description: Review of weather in Kansas including major storms, tornadoes, and floods from the early 1800s to the present.
Date: 2003
Object Type: Newsletter Article

Title: Some Public Health Implications of the Missouri Valley Development Program
Description: Article about public health implications of the Missouri Valley Development Program in 1950, including possible contamination of the water supply due to potential flooding from the lower Missouri River (including the Kansas City area), "heavily polluted with the domestic and industrial wastes from the metropolitan areas above this portion of this basin."
Date: 1950-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: That Damned Missouri River
Description: Photos, map, and extensive article about the Missouri River and its history of navigation and surrounding settlements. Depiction of Kansas City area scenes including Downtown and the Country Club Plaza, Hallmark Cards, pollution at the mouth of the Kansas River, chemical testing at the Kansas City waterworks, and Thomas Hart Benton.
Date: 1971-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Disaster! Platte County History Includes a Few
Description: Short overview of disasters occuring in Platte County, Missouri, including floods, fires, battles, tornado, explosion, and grasshopper plague including a list of disasters.
Date: 2008-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: SC164 KCPL Reference Hard to Find Collection Finding Aid
Description: The materials within the KCPL Reference Hard to Find (HTF) Collection were compiled by Kansas City Public Library reference librarians and staff members to provide an easy to access source of information concerning topics of local and regional interest. The collection primarily consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, pamphlets, brochures, other forms of printed material, and typed notecards.
Date: 1980/2005
Object Type: Finding Aid

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