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Title
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Notes on the Pioneer School of Kansas City, Part One
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Description
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Mention of students at the Gooseneck School in late 1850s Kansas City, including "Kate Holmes (Mrs. Patterson Stewart), Benjamin Holmes (later mayor), D. P. Hunter, etc."
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Date
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1922-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Some Reminiscences of the Wyandottes
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Description
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Mention of "the Armstrong girls, the Mudeater girls, the Driver girls, etc.," as "Wyandotte young people" visiting a Kansas City, Kansas, church in the mid-1800s.
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Date
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1921-10-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Memories of Old Westport
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Description
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Reminiscences of 1830s and 1840s Westport, including some early and "first" settlers, residences, churches, marriages, etc., including the general lifestyle and a visit in 1838 from John A Sutter from his later successful California gold mine.
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Date
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1924-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The First Baptist Church of Westport
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Description
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Mention of Francis Gallup as member of a Baptist Church committee in 1859 "appointed to ascertain from the Methodists at what price their share in the Union Church could be bought," etc., along with fellow members Rufus Hornbuckle and John Wornall.
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Date
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1924-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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A Tribute to Mrs. William Rockhill Nelson
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Description
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Speech given by J. C. Nichols before the Missouri Valley Historical Society about the contributions of Ida Houston Nelson, or Ida Nelson (Mrs. William Rockhill Nelson) and the need to honor her memory by "build[ing] our community into the most inviting and the most beautiful community of homes, the most efficient, orderly and prosperous association of enterprise," etc.
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Date
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1922-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Vicissitudes of Pioneer Life
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Description
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Reminiscences of the author, the son of William M. Chick. Includes the busy 1830s trading environment of Westport, subsequent move and 1844 flood disaster in Kansas City, and later description of travels of the author in the late 1840s in and around Kansas City. Also mentions work on ferries and steamboats for fur traders and other early businesses and describes the 1849 gold rush and 1848-1849 cholera epidemic, etc.
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Date
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1922-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
