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Kansas City Teachers for 1910
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List of teachers and other staff of Central High School in 1910.
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1996
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Magazine Article
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Awards Abound for 1995 Art Deco Poster
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Kansas City Art Deco Society organized by the Historic Kansas City Foundation Gazette. First meeting held March 26, 1996.
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1996
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Magazine Article
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Gold Dust, Dreams et Deception Built the Town of Splitlog
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History of the deserted mining town of Splitlog, Missouri, in McDonald County in the Ozarks. Description of its strange growth and decline in the 1880s as a false hope for gold mining, named after the rich Indian businessman, Mathias Splitlog, with photos.
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Date
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1996
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Magazine Article
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Four Missouri River Landings and Their Ferries
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History of early Missouri River ferries in Jackson and Clay County at the four major Missouri River landings supporting border towns in this area including one for Westport and Kansas City.
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1996
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Magazine Article
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Rush Limbaugh and His Cape Girardeau Roots
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Photos and biographical article about Rush Hudson Limbaugh III, or Rush Limbaugh, "native of southeast Missouri, conservative talk-show host, probably the most popular radio personality of all time." Description of his life and career, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in 1951 and becoming a radio talk show host in the 1960s, then "director of group sales and special events for the Kansas City Royals baseball club" from 1979 to 1983 before reaching national fame in the 1980s. Also including a history and description of the present city of Cape Girardeau, founded in the late 1700s on the Mississippi River by the French and named for Jean Girardot, "an adventuresome French soldier."
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1996
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Magazine Article
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Ripley's "Believe It or Not"--Gloria Frances Roupe: Missouri's Rifle Queen and Her 1930 Record
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Photos, illustration, and biographical article about Gloria Frances Roupe, or Gloria Roupe, "a nationally known rifle star" in Jackson County by 1929 at the age of 7 and growing up in Raymore, Missouri in Cass County. Featured in "Ripley's Believe It or Not" and in the Kansas City Star in 1930 as shooting "214 consecutive bullseyes at a distance of 50 feet."
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1996
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Magazine Article
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A Bite of History
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Description of the businesses in the preserved buildings of the Garment or Wholesale District along 8th and Broadway Boulevards, mainly restaurants in the 1990s.
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1996
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Magazine Article
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