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Title
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Raytown Society to Mark Old Flying Field Site
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Description
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Notice about the Raytown Historical Society commemorating the site of Richards Flying Field, Sunday, Sept. 23, 1979, the first Kansas City air terminal, later called Ong Airport in 1943. The former flying field was located at the southeast corner of Blue Ridge extension and Gregory which is now a residential district.
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Date
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1979
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Tower, Unique Unity Village Landmark Reaches Half Century of Service
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Description
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Article about the "unique-to-the-midwest Italian Renaissance architecture" of the towers and campus, "World Headquarters of Unity School of Christianity" located "15 miles southeast of Kansas City in Jackson County at the junction of State Highway 350 (formerly Highway 50) and Colbern Road." Includes photos of the Unity Village Tower, partly a water tower, and Silent Unity Building.
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Date
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1979
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Werby Building
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Description
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Photograph of the Werby Building at the southeast corner of 39th and Main Streets in 1979. The building was designed by Greenebaum, Hardy and Schumacher, opened in 1924, and consisted of office spaces on the second floor and storefronts on the ground level. Efforts to save the building from demolition led to Mayor Richard Berkley named a week in April 1979 "Werby Week," but it was razed not long after. Signs on plywood boards across the storefronts advertise a "Take Back the Night" event, an anti-nuclear energy rally to take place in Burlington, Kansas, at the Wolf Creek Generating Station, and upcoming concerts. The Hyde Park Building, on the northeast corner of 39th and Main, can be seen at the left of the photo, with the Hotel Netherlands to its north.
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Date
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1979
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Oregon California Trail Places of Origin
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Description
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Chapter mentions the various "jumping off" spots for trail emigrants, especially the Oregon/California Trail. It includes areas as Independence, Westport, Westport Landing, Saint Joseph, Council Bluffs, Omaha, etc., and explains the crucial role of these areas in the trail experience. Also includes a map entitled "Missouri River Frontier" that shows from what is now the Kansas City area up to Omaha. The book has an extensive multiple page bibliography on the subject.
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Date
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1979
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Object Type
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Book Section
