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Title
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Fort Leavenworth
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Description
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Description of a "Fort," presumably Fort Leavenworth, and "Mormonites" in Caldwell, County, Missouri, among other subjects, in a letter written in 1838. "The situation of the Fort is finely chosen.... It is twenty-five or thirty miles distant from the State line which is rather unfortunate as the Indians are between it and the Missouri limit."
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Date
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1924
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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A Growth Spurt for KC Area
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Description
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Bates and Caldwell Counties in Missouri and Franklin and Linn Counties in Kansas were added to the metropolitan area bringing the total to 17 counties. The area is officially known as the Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS CSA, after the three biggest cities. The new area of combined counties results in almost two million residents and covers more than 9,100 square miles. Article includes map and population statistics.
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Date
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2004-03-24
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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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 Ray and Buchanan counties in Missouri, Johnson and Leavenworth counties in Kansas; enlarged maps of St. Joseph, Mo. and Leavenworth, Kan. inset. Reverse side is street map of metropolitan Kansas City. Includes indexes to towns, airports, golf clubs, cemeteries, parks, lakes, and streets.
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Date
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1960
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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The Mormons in Northwestern Missouri
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Description
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Story of the Haun's Mill Massacre in 1838, at Haun's Mill, "20 miles west of Far West, in Caldwell County," Missouri. Description of the massacre of several Mormon families, in effect driving them out of Missouri to Illinois, led by Brigham Young.
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Date
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1959-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
