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Title: Blue River and Flooding
Description: Report of relief activities by the Red Cross during the flood of the Blue River in December 1928 to January 1929.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Truman Road Viaduct
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Centropolis
Description: Information about the industrial districts along the Blue River valley, such as Centropolis, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, etc., with the name Centropolis deriving from William Gilpin's mid-19th century idea of the Greater Kansas City as becoming "the metropolis of the Middle West," with multiple articles, illustrations, and maps.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Over Around and Through: The Blue River and its Crossings
Description: Article discusses the history and importance of the Blue River which often goes unnoticed. It includes references to floods, bridges and the difficulty of crossing the river in the early years of settlement.
Date: 2006
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Treasure on the Blue
Description: The "Castle's View" column features activities along the Blue River as remembered by Ray Elder, a former Kansas City Fire Department firefighter and now a local historian on the subject.
Date: 2006-05-17
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Blue Valley Industrial District
Description: Aerial view looking north shows the Blue River, also known as the Big Blue, cutting through the center of the image, with 12th Street crossing over. The left foreground of the image shows The Ruberoid Co., manufacturers of asphalt and asbestos building materials. To the north is Black Sivalls & Bryson Inc., makers of steel products. North of the bridge, in the current location of Interstate 435, is the Centropolis Crusher, a facility for rock crushing. Standard Oil Co. refinery at Sugar Creek is visible in the far background. The Olympic Stadium Midget Auto Racetrack at 7900 Truman Road is visible south of 12th Street and east of the river. As of 2010, the Olympic Stadium site is now home to Pick-n-Pull used auto parts lot. The Standard Oil Refinery, later Amoco Oil Company, closed in the 1980s.
Date: 1962-11-20
Object Type: Negative

Title: Blue Valley Industrial District
Description: Aerial view looking north shows the Blue River, also known as the Big Blue, cutting through the center of the image, with 12th Street crossing over. In the left foreground, a portion of The Ruberoid Co. (manufacturers of asphalt and asbestos building materials) is visible. Just north of that is the parking lot of Black Sivalls & Bryson Inc. (makers of steel products). North of the bridge, in the current location of Interstate 435, is the Centropolis Crusher, a facility for rock crushing. Just out of sight on the south of 12th and east of Blue River is the Olympic Stadium Midget Auto Racetrack.
Date: 1962-11-20
Object Type: Negative

Title: Water Bogs Big Plants: Sheffield Steel Is Largest of Industries in Blue Valley Area out of Operation because of Flooding from Rampaging Blue River
Description: Photos and article about the Blue River flood of the Blue Valley industrial district and Leeds industrial district in 1961. Description "of damage in the millions of dollars" and shutting down of several factories, including the Sheffield Steel Company, the E. K. Campbell, Company at 1809 Manchester Trafficway, the American Creosoting Corporation at 2300 Oakland Avenue, the Union Wire Rope Corporation, the Albers Milling Company, and Black, Sivalls & Bryson, etc. Also flooding out of local residences and backing up of sewers, "[d]amage to aircraft and buildings at the Independence Memorial airport," etc.
Date: 1961-09-14
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Bridging Time
Description: Construction has begun on the Truman Road Bridge over the Blue River. It will cost $14 million for the project with $10 million coming from federal sources. "The project will repair the 1962 concrete span, which has been damaged by salt and water drainage since then. Repairs include replacement of the bridge deck and installation of a new drainage system that is connected directly to sewer lines. The new deck going in is also two and a half inches thick, adding a layer of protection to the support beams, scheduled to be cleaned and repainted." The bridge will be kept open during the work.
Date: 2005-11-30
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: People Boating on Blue River
Description: Unidentified men and women in rowboat on the Blue River in Swope Park.
Date: 1910
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Blue River, Near 15th Street
Description: Postcard of the Blue River, near 15th Street.
Date: 1910
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Blue River, Boat Landing
Description: Postcard of Boat Landing located on the Blue River.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Rounding the Stake. Blue River, Kansas City, Mo.
Description: Postcard showing four people rowing a canoe on the Blue River near the 15th Street Bridge.
Date: 1911
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Byram's Ford
Description: Byram's Ford, sight of the Battle of the Blue.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Blue River at Independence Avenue
Description: Postcard of the Blue River at Independence Avenue.
Date: 1906
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Blue River
Description: Postcard of the Blue River.
Date: 1912
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Blue River, Near 15th Street
Description: Postcard of the Blue River, near 15th Street.
Date: 1911
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Blue River, Near 15th Street
Description: Postcard of the Blue River, near 15th Street.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Kansas City Boat Club
Description: Full frontal and side view of club boathouse; located at 15th Street and the Blue River.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Aerial View of Big Blue Industrial District
Description: Aluminum Company, Vendo; Black, Sivalls, & Bryson; Olympic Stadium Midget Auto Racetrack, and Blue River, looking south showing E. 12th Street and Truman Road.
Date: 1955
Object Type: Photograph

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