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Title
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West Line Quadrangle
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Description
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Topographical map of west Cass County, Missouri, northeast Miami County, Missouri, and southwest Johnson County, Missouri. Features towns of West Line and Cleveland, Missouri, and includes roads, railroads, and creeks. Several schools and churches are noted, including West Union Church, Pleasant Valley School, and Pleasant Prairie School.
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Date
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1981
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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An Expanding Distribution Revolution
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Description
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Article reviews the Midwest transportation corridor including Kansas City's central location that "puts it square in the middle of a growing trade corridor linking Canada, the United States and Mexico." Kansas City Southern Railroad (KCS) has 1,300-mile rail network that links Kansas City with the Port of Lazaro Cardenas in Mexico. Includes an aerial picture of CenterPoint-KCS Intermodal Center located 20 miles south of downtown Kansas City.
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Date
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2009-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 2, 1909-1937, Page p159
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 2nd Street south to E. 5th Street and from Oak Street east to Holmes, showing buildings, streets, railroads, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1937
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1939-1958, Page p050
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 2nd Street south to E. 5th Street and from Oak Street east to Locust Street Trafficway, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1939/1958
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Creating a Heart of America Infrastructure
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Description
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Article on the origins of railroads in and through Kansas City, and their connections to the rest of the United States, beginning with the construction of the Hannibal Bridge in 1869. The article focuses specifically on the legacies of Robert T. Van Horn, the former mayor who had envisioned a rail bridge across the Missouri River, and Arthur Stilwell, credited as a "'system innovator'" and "'system integrator.'"
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Date
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2014
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 2, 1940-1950, Page p279
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Description
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A portion of northeast Kansas City from E. Front Street south to Cliff Drive and from Lydia Avenue east to N. Woodland Avenue, showing buildings, parks, streets, and railroad lines. Large numbers at edges of pages refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1940/1950
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Long-Planned KC Southern-Mexican Railway Deal Finally
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Description
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Kansas City Southern has finally completed its deal with Latin American multimodal transporation company Grupo TMM to have controlling interest in Mexico's biggest railroad, Grupo Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana. This Mexican railway connects Mexico City, three major ports and the industrial core of Mexico to KC Southern's domestic railways at the Laredo/Nuevo Laredo Texas border. Article includes a map showing these railways in the United States and in Mexico. In addition to TFM, KCS owns the Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR), founded in 1887, the Texas Mexican Railway Company (Tex Mex), founded in 1885, and the Gateway Eastern Railway Company.
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Date
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2005-04-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Kansas City Centennial 1850-1950 - Souvenir Program
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Description
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Souvenir program book the Kansas City centennial celebration. The book details the events, organizations involved, and people associated with the celebration. The book contains many advertisements and brief articles detailing the history of various Kansas City area businesses, organizations, and public figures. An index for the book can be found on page 144.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Urban Housing With a View
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Description
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Article about the Morgan Group's plan to build a $48 million luxury apartment complex in the River Market area in late April. The 323-unit Market Station is the "largest downtown residential construction project since the 466-unit Quality Hill development in the mid-1980s." It will be located on a 7.4 acre tract "just east of the Broadway Bridge that once was the historic starting point of Kansas City Southern and referred to a 'milepost zero.'"
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Date
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2008-03-22
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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The Chicago & Alton Railroad: The Only Way
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Description
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This book contains many entries on railroading in the Kansas City area including a photograph and mention of Union Station. The index also contains entries for the Kansas City Southern Railroad.
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Date
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2002
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Strategies: The Way to Run a Railroad
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Description
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Photo (of chief executive officer Michael Haverty), graph, and article about the increased business of Kansas City Southern Industries following the release of "its high-flying Janus Funds financial unit" and new ownership of a railroad connecting Kansas City all the way through to Mexico City.
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Date
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2000-10-23
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1949, Page p183
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from Market Street south to W. 9th Street and from the state line east to Mulberry, showing buildings, railroads and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1939/1949
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1957, Page p183
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from Market Street south to W. 9th Street and from the state line east to Mulberry, showing buildings, railroads, and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1939/1957
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 5, 1909-1938, Page p723
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City in the Sheffield Industrial District, showing buildings, railroads, and the Blue River. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. At the top of page, "Add'l Sheet, Jan. 1919."
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Date
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1909/1938
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 5, 1909-1938, Page p703
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City in the Sheffield Industrial District showing Penrod Jurden and Clark Company and Black Sivalls and Bryson Metal Tank Manufacturers. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1938
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 5, 1909-1938, Page p722
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City in the Sheffield Industrial District, showing buildings, streets, and railroads. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. At the top of page, "New Sheet, May 1922."
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Date
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1909/1938
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1945, Page f005
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Description
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Graphic Map of Volumes and Key to Sanborn Map of Kansas City, Vol. 6 (corrected to January 1946), showing Kansas City area bounded by E. 31st Street on the north, Elmwood Avenue on the east, 71st Street on the south, and the state line on the west. It also shows railroads, surrounding towns, parks, reservoirs, and indicates areas covered by other volumes.
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Date
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1917/1945
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Object Type
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Map
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