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Title
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Reminiscences of William Darnell
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Description
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Photos, interviews, and biographical article about William Darnell, an early settler arriving in Kansas Territory in 1855 from Illinois. Descriptions of the Santa Fe Trail, Oregon Trail, Civil War, and Wild Bill Hickok, etc.
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Date
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1928
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Bloody Benders
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Description
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Biographical article about the Bender family of Kansas, known as murderers and bandits (stealing horses, etc.) since their first appearance in the southeastern part of the state in 1871.
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Date
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1928
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Sharp Building
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Description
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Full frontal and side view of the Sharp Building; located on the northwest corner of 11th and Walnut streets. Businesses in view include Federmann's Drugstore, Olney Music Company, Woolf Brothers, etc. Letterhead for the Sharp Building is located on the back of photograph #23.
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Date
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1928
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Street map of Kansas City indicating proposed changes in the road system, including new streets, streets to be widened, etc. Legend on map. Signatures on map of Director of Public Works, Chairman of City Plan Commission, and President of the Park Board.
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Date
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1928
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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The Oregon Trail through Pottawatomie County
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Description
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Photos and article (written by a former Kansas City lawyer) about the origins and history of the Oregon Trail through Kansas, with depiction of "the Weston blacksmith shop, of Independence, Mo." (built in 1827 and still standing in 1928) and various other sites along the trail including those involving Pottawatomie Indians, etc.
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Date
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1928
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Centenary History of Kansas City Churches
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Description
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Information about the Saint James Catholic Church at 39th and Harrison Streets built in 1912 using piers from the Winner Bridge.
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Date
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1928
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Centenary History of Kansas City Churches
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Description
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Church located at 43rd and Roanoke Road, built in the 1880s, but with a congregation organized soon after the Civil War. Clipping from the Kansas City Journal-Post, April 1927-March 1930.
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Date
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1928
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Object Type
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Book