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Title: A Memorial and Biographical Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Mo.
Description: Biographical sketch of Stubbins Watts, "[t]he well known miller on Indian creek" in the South Kansas City village of Dallas, Missouri. Born in Saint Charles County, Missouri in 1838 as a son of Anthony Watts and becoming a western freighter for Russell, Majors & Waddell before serving the Confederacy in the Civil War and returning to operate his father's mill in Jackson County.
Date: 1896
Object Type: Book

Title: More Natural Resources
Description: Article describes the addition to natural gas to the Kansas City's already long list of natural resources. W. S. Pryor located "five good flowing wells of natural gas near Dallas, Mo., and within sixteen miles of Kansas City. At that time it was stated a company was formed which proposed to develop the find with the view of building a pipe line into Kansas City."
Date: 1900-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Dallas, Missouri
Description: Photos, illustrations, and information on the town of Dallas, Missouri, near the site of Watts Mill the later area of Kansas City, Missouri around 103rd and State Line Roads.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Watts Mill
Description: Postcard of Watts Mill on Indian Creek.
Date: 1906
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Watts Mill
Description: Distant view of mill from across Indian Creek.
Date: 1898
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Watts Mill
Description: View of mill from across Indian Creek; located in Dallas, Missouri.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Watts Mill
Description: Edgar Watts (left) and his father Stubbins Watts (right) at work inside Watts Mill in Dallas, Missouri (located at 103rd and State Line along Indian Creek).
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Watts Mill
Description: Full view mill from center of Indian Creek.
Date: 1930
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wornall Road Looking South toward Dallas
Description: View looking south along Wornall Road near Dallas, Missouri. A car traveling on Wornall Road can be seen.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Watts Mill
Description: Full view of Watts Mill including view of Indian Creek and rock ledge, Dallas, Missouri. Identified in scrapbook as Watts Mill.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Watts Mill
Description: View of Watts Mill taken from out on Indian Creek. Located at Dallas, Missouri. Identified in scrapbook as Watts Mill.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dallas, Jackson County, Missouri - the Settlement and Activities
Description: Article about the history of the mill on Indian Creek at 103rd Street, "known as Dallas Mill or Watts' Mill," and passed down to Stubbin Watts.
Date: 1999
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Jackson County, Missouri: Its Opportunities and Resources
Description: Photos of Watts Mill and nearby bridge, park ("Dallas Park"), homestead ("Watts homestead"), lake, and bath houses "at Dallas," near 103rd and State Line Roads.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Book