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Title
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Westport Mill
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Description
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File containing a transcript of a letter written in 1847 by Allan T. Ward at the Shawnee Methodist Mission, in Kansas, about intentions to build a lumber mill there to compete with Ward's former mill in nearby Westport, three miles away. Description also of the wagon building business of Anthony Ward in Westport.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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SC30-8 DAR Elizabeth Benton Chapter Scrapbook Finding Aid
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Description
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A Kansas City Times article dated Nov. 12, 1979, stated that the Elizabeth Benton DAR chapter, located in Kansas City, Mo., was the first Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution formed west of the Mississippi River. It was organized in 1894 and named after Elizabeth Benton, wife of Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton. The scrapbook was assembled in 1921 by the chapter's Committee on Preservation of Historic Points. The scrapbook contains 177 photocopied pages with 70 black and white historical photographs of the Kansas City area. Located at the front of the scrapbook is a contents page listing the local subjects included which pertain to historical points of interest in the area such as area businesses and buildings, disasters, events, churches, cemeteries, local personalities, etc.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
