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Title: An Early Account of the Missouri River
Description: Copy of letters, with editorial commentary, about some of the earliest known explorations of the Missouri River by Auguste Chouteau perhaps as early as 1780 past Kansas City, etc.
Date: 1951-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: George Caleb Bingham
Description: Portrait and biographical sketch of George Caleb Bingham, Missouri artist of the 19th century, "the first to portray the picturesque scenes of a western election, a court room, a steamboat deck," etc., also with copies of some of his paintings.
Date: 1905-04-06
Object Type: Book

Title: Missouri's New Program for Highway Historic Marking
Description: Photo and article about Missouri's roadside historic landmarks, started in 1910 by the Daughters of the American Revolution, and marking such features as Fort Osage, Grand Tower Island, Arrow Rock Tavern, Thespian Hall, Daniel Boone house and grave site, etc.
Date: 1955-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Platte Purchase
Description: Article about the origin and history of the Platte Purchase, "the region in northwest Missouri" annexed in 1837 and including Platte County and counties to the north. Description of its removal of Indians and settlement by slave holders, etc.
Date: 1938-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Historical Notes and Comments: Santa-Cali-Gon Celebration
Description: Description of the Santa-Cali-Gon festival in Independence, Missouri, celbrating "the 100th anniversary of the time when Independence was the 'Gateway to the West,' where pioneers outfitted themselves before starting over the Santa Fe, California, and Oregon trails which took off at that point for the Far West." Shows and attendance by various Indian tribes and costumed versions of Old West figures with parades and contests, etc.
Date: 1948-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Propaganda and the Kansas-Missouri War
Description: Article about propaganda in the border war between Kansas and Missouri in the 1850s-1860s, pointing out the majority of Missouri being pro-Union and Missouri being "the first slave state to free its slaves," etc.
Date: 1939-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Development of Kansas City as a Grain and Milling Center
Description: Article about the development of Kansas City as a grain and milling center back to the end of the Civil War, with numerous details about agribusiness leaders and promotion of their trade, etc.
Date: 1947-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Quality Hill--A Study in Heredity
Description: Thorough article about the early history of Quality Hill on the west side of Downtown in "post-bellum Kansas City," and the area's ethnic and genealogical traditions. Numerous details about contrasts between Northern and Southern citizens' customs, addresses, and titles, with other information such as street name origins, etc.
Date: 1941-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

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