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Title
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Missouri River Hydrographic Survey: Big Blue Bend
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Description
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Map of the Big Blue Bend of the Missouri River, primarily in Clay County, Missouri. Soundings across the width of the river are listed at every tenth of a mile. Topographic features such as dikes, revetments, loading docks, railroad lines are indicated, as well as major industrial sites along the river.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Missouri River Hydrographic Survey: Randolph Bend
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Map of the Randolph Bend of the Missouri River, in Clay County and Jackson County, Missouri. Soundings across the width of the river are listed at every tenth of a mile. Topographic features such as dikes, revetments, loading docks, boat ramps, railroad lines are indicated, as well as major industrial sites along the river.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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The First in United States
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Description
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Article about the pioneering of the postal delivery service of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad.
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Date
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1909-02-07
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men
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Biographical sketch of Captain Preston Roberts, a railroad promoter and banker and former Santa Fe trader in Independence. Born in Ohio in 1825 and moving to Independence, Missouri in 1858 before working with "the Wyandotte, Kansas City and Northwestern Railway" to "penetrate the vast coal fields of Lafayette county, and to promote manufactures in Kansas City by bringing cheap fuel to its doors."
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Date
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1878
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Cleartype Outline Map of the United States
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Description
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Map of the United States showing railroads and rivers that originated in Kansas City. Depicted are railroads constructed to 1864 and projected railroads to 1864.
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Missouri River: Mouth to Rulo
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Description
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Map of a stretch of the Missouri River between Quindaro Bend and Wayne City Bend, showing the principal topographic features within the alluvial valley. Contour intervals of 5 feet in the flood plain and 25 feet on the valley walls are indicated. Shows railroad yards around the Kansas River Bend and the Kansas City Reach, as well as levees, dikes, and railroad lines. The Missouri towns of North Kansas City, Avondale, Randolph, Minneville, Birmingham, and Sugar Creek are in evidence, along with Kansas City, Kansas.
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Date
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1946/1947
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Misssouri River: Mouth to Rulo
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Description
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Stretch of the Missouri River between Pope Bend and Quindaro Bend, showing principal topographic features within the alluvial valley. Contour intervals of 5 feet in the flood plain and 25 feet on the valley walls are indicated. Shows creeks, Wyandotte Lake, dikes, levees, railroad lines, the Kansas towns of Wolcott, Pomeroy, and Kansas City, and the Missouri town of Parkville.
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Date
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1946/1947
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Omaha and Vicinity
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Description
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Topographical map of an area on the Missouri River which includes Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa. Railroad lines, electric railroad lines, streams and lakes are indicated. The following towns are shown: Briggs, Debolt, Irvington, East Irvington, Florence, Omaha, Avery, Portal, Papillion, Gilmore, Bellevue, Fort Crook, Richfield, La Platte, Oreapolis, Plattsmouth (all in Nebraska) and Crescent, Council Bluffs, Island Park, Manawa Lake, Manhattan Beach, Folsom, Pacific, Pacific Junction and Sharpsburg (in Iowa). Counties represented are Douglas County, Sarpy County, Cass County in Nebraska as well as Pottawattamie County and Mills County in Iowa. A portion of the Platte River is in evidence.
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Date
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1898
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Platte City Quadrangle
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Description
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Detailed topographical map of an area west and north of Kansas City, in Platte County, Missouri. Beverly, Platte City, Farley and East Leavenworth are the towns indicated. Some of the bodies of water in evidence are the Missouri River, Mud Lake, Roberts Lake and Horseshoe Lake. Roads of various grades are included, as well as railroad lines and bridges. Churches, schools, and cemeteries are as follows: Todd Cemetery, Brown Cemetery, Hackberry School, Bain Cemetery, Eldorado School, Green Cemetery, Fox Cemetery, Hickory Grove Church, Farley Cemetery, Lanter School, Jewett Cemetery, Elm Grove Church, Hillsboro Church, Heath Cemetery, Moore School.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Lee's Summit Quadrangle
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Description
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Topographical map of an area immediately to the south and east of Kansas City, and including the southeast corner of Kansas City and the south portion of Raytown. Railroad lines, roads, schools and churches are in evidence, as well as Unity Village, Little Blue,Knobtown, Vale, Lee's Summit and South Lee. The following cemeteries are indicated: Floral Hills Cemetery, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Oliver Cemetery, and Ganzer Cemetery.
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Date
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1957
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Lee's Summit
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Description
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Topographical map of an area immediately to the south and east of Kansas City. Bodies of water included are Wildwood Lakes, Military Lake, Unity Lake and the Little Blue River. Railroad lines, roads of various grades, and schools are in evidence, as well as the towns of Little Blue, Knobtown, Vale, Lee's Summit and South Lee.
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Date
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1949
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Camden Quadrangle
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Description
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Detailed topographical map of an area east of Jackson County on the Missouri River showing the following Ray County towns: Orrick, Albany, Fleming, Camden Junction, Camden. Napoleon and Waterloo are the Lafayette County towns indicated. Also in evidence are Barsher Cemetery, South Point Cemetery, Lewis Cemetery, Cravens Cemetery, Big Lake, Ralph Lake, Tibs Lake, as well as various mine dumps, swamps, creeks, roads, railroad lines, and schools.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Kansas City Industries
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Description
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Short description of the mill producing 18,900 tons of rails for the railroad and consuming 18,170 tons of Joplin coal.
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Date
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1878-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Indian Territory
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Description
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Photocopy of map of Indian Territory, the northeast area of present-day Oklahoma. Territories of the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Seminole, and Chickasaw nations are shown. Towns, rivers, roads, and railways are indicated (though roads are not named). Noted at bottom of map: Compiled by M. L. Cudlipp & F. E. Matthes. Traced and lettered by Malcolm Lloyd Cudlipp.
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Date
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1898
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Missouri River: Mouth to Rulo
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Description
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Stretch of the Missouri River between Leavenworth Bend and Pope Bend, showing principal topographic features within the alluvial valley. Contour intervals of 5 feet in the flood plain and 25 feet on the valley walls are indicated. Shows creeks, the Platte River, Horseshoe Lake, Stigers (Delaware) Island, levees, dikes, railroad lines, the Kansas towns of Lansing and South Leavenworth, and the Missouri towns of Farley and Waldron.
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Date
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1946/1947
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Object Type
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Map
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