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Title
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Quiet Made Law in Leeton
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Description
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Article about the legislation in the town of Leeton, population 600, in Johnson County, Missouri, for an 11 p.m-6 a.m. curfew to stop noisy drivers from waking residents, and the controversy surrounding it.
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Date
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1973-12-03
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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American Royal
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Description
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Left to right: C. L. Parks, representing Lee Baker; N. Emerson Paton, SCBA and American Royal; Miss Betty Loman, Johnson County Beauty Queen; C. Monroe Block, President, Chamber of Commerce; and H. R. Garrison, Mayor of Warrensburg, Missouri.
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Date
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1954
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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American Royal
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Description
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Left to right: C. L. Parks, representing Lee Baker; N. Emerson Paton, SCBA/American Royal; Miss Betty Loman, Johnson County Beauty Queen; C. Monroe Block, President, Chamber of Commerce; and H. R. Garrison, Mayor of Warrensburg, Missouri.
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Date
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1954
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Map of Johnson County, MO
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Description
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Map of Johnson County, Missouri, showing townships (in color), roads, railroads, post offices, schools, and churches.
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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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Johnson County, Missouri
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Description
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Map of Johnson County, Missouri, that includes highways, county roads, township roads, political township lines, railroads, drainage ditches, streams, and schools. Included are townships Jackson, Columbus, Hazel Hill, Simpson, Grover, Kingsville, Madison, Centerview, Warrensburg, Washington, Montserrat, Rose Hill, Chilhowee, Post Oak, and Jefferson.
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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The Hocker Grove Bungalows
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Description
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Short article about the acreage north of Johnson Drive and west of Turkey Creek purchased by Kansas City banker R. W. Hocker in 1905 and its subsequent development as an amusement park. Hocker became director of the Kansas City and Olathe Railroad Company and an electric trolley line"--known locally as the 'Hocker Line'--from Rosedale to Merriam was completed in 1908." In 1915, Hocker developed the Hocker Grove subdivision of 17 homes, several being Craftsman style bungalows. An image of the bungalow at 9617 Hocker Drive is included.
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Date
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2009
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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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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Third of a series of articles about the origins of place names in Missouri, including Jackson County (containing the cities of Kansas City, Independence, Lee's Summit, and Blue Springs, Missouri), Johnson County (containing the town of Warrensburg, Missouri), Gentry County, Missouri, Holt County, Missouri, Henry County (containing the towns of Clinton and Deepwater, Missouri), Lafayette County (containing the towns of Lexington and Concordia, Missouri), and Livingston County, Missouri (containing the town of Chillicothe, Missouri).
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Date
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1917-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Great Grasshopper Dinner in Warrensburg in the Spring of 1875
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Description
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A two-part article recounting the grasshopper invasion of 1873-75, especially its effect in Johnson County, Missouri. It includes short newspaper and diary accounts of the disastrous effects of the grasshopper plague. A grasshopper dinner was served at the Eads Hotel with Charles Riley, "the state-hopper-olo-gist" as host. "The meal consisted of grasshopper soup, which some people say has a 'mushroom flavor,' batter cakes with grasshoppers mixed in, dry-roasted hoppers, with optional condiments, followed by a dessert of baked locusts and honey 'a la John the Baptist'." Includes a recipe for grasshopper brownies.
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Date
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2007-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Warrensburg, Missouri
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Description
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File contains a pamphlet about the Fair Oak Church and Cemetery in Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
