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Title
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Kansas City and Vicinity
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Description
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Road map of Kansas City and surrounding counties including Clinton County in Missouri and Wyandotte County in Kansas, showing cities, towns and villages in vicinity of Kansas City. Inset map of Leavenworth, Kansas. Reverse side is street map of metropolitan Kansas City.
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Date
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1964
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Lost for Years, Drawings and Artist Find Acceptance
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Description
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Article focuses upon the story of Edward Deeds, who as a boy in the early 1920s was committed to State Lunatic Asylum No. 3 after threatening his younger brother with a hatchet. The author describes how Deeds occupied his time by creating drawings on hospital ledger paper. Deeds was discharged from the hospital in 1973 and passed away while living in a nursing home in 1987. Details concerning how his collection of drawings was lost and rediscovered are provided.
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Date
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2013-05-05
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Map of Clinton Co., Missouri
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Description
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Map of Clinton County showing townships in color. Also shows towns, post offices, and railroad lines. Map may have been taken from a history of Clinton County.
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Date
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1881
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Historical Landmarks, Trails & Monuments in and around Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Map created for the American Pioneer Trails Association with historical data provided by the Native Sons of Kansas City, Missouri, showing the locations of historical landmarks in the area. A Kawsmouth Chronology printed on the left hand side of the map provides a list of important dates in Kansas City history.
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Date
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1938
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named
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Description
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Second of a series of articles about the origins of place names in Missouri, including Buchanan County, Missouri (containing the city of Saint Joseph), Caldwell County, Missouri (containing the town of Cameron, Missouri), Carroll County, Missouri (containing the town of Carrollton, Missouri), Cass County (containing the towns of Harrisonville, Belton, and Pleasant Hill, Missouri), Cedar County, Missouri, Clay County (containing the towns of Liberty and Smithville, Missouri), Clinton County, Daviess County, Missouri, and DeKalb County, Missouri.
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Date
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1916-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
