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The Unique Art of Allan Winkler
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Kansas City artist Allan Winkler creates intricate paper cuts and metal cuts. Winkler also renovated three old houses in Kansas City's West Side neighborhood and lives in one of them.
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2007
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Newspaper Article
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Drunk Driving or Dry Run? Cowboys and Alcohol on the Cattle Trail
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Alcohol was abundant in the trail towns of the 19th century. Most of the cattle drives came up from Texas, and the state had a reputation for hearty drinking and violence. But did the cowboys drink to excess while on the drive? The author pursues this question, quoting from many different contemporary sources. His conclusion is that "cowboys constituted a masculine work culture but do not appear to have created an intemperate occupational drinking culture." The cattle owners, drive bosses, and the nature of the work seem to promote this conclusion.
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2007
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Magazine Article
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The Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools, 1891-1961, Part I
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Part one of a series exploring the early history of the Kansas City, Kansas, public school system. The article describes early missionary work and mission schools in Wyandotte County. The earliest schools served predominantly the Delaware and Wyandot Indians in present-day Wyandotte County. The first schoolhouse was established in July 1844 by a lawyer, John M. Armstrong, near what is now Fourth Street and State Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas.
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2007
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Magazine Article
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