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Title
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Rock Crushing Machine
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Description
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Unidentified men working with a rock crushing machine as part of a WPA work project near Mayview, Missouri.
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Date
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1938-11-21
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Quarry Workers and Machinery
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Description
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View of men and machinery at the WPA rock quarry and crushing operation near Higginsville, Missouri.
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Date
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1938-11-21
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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County Road
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Description
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View of a road in Lafayette County, Missouri improved through the efforts of the WPA.
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Date
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1939-03-28
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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County Road and Residences
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Description
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View of residences and road in Lafayette County, Missouri improved through the efforts of the WPA.
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Date
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1939-03-28
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Bridge Construction Project
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Description
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View of unidentified men working on a WPA bridge construction project in Lafayette County, Missouri.
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Date
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1938-11-21
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Quarry
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Description
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View of WPA rock quarry and crushing operation located near Higginsville, Missouri.
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Date
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1938-11-21
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Lexington Sheet
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Description
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Topographical and geological map of an area of Lafayette and Ray counties in Missouri adjacent to the Missouri River. The towns of Lexington, Mayview, and Odessa are included, as are railroads, mine shafts, and information about bedrock type and mineral locations.
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Date
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1910
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Object Type
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Map
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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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Daring Bandits: A Bank Robbed in Cool Style
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Description
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Article about the robbery of the American Bank in Corder, Missouri, in Lafayette County, on August 31, 1891, by two masked men on horses. Description of the same-day capture and expected lynching of one of the robbers, still carrying half of the $664 stolen loot.
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Date
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1891-09-01
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Historical Landmarks, Trails & Monuments in and around Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Map created for the American Pioneer Trails Association with historical data provided by the Native Sons of Kansas City, Missouri, showing the locations of historical landmarks in the area. A Kawsmouth Chronology printed on the left hand side of the map provides a list of important dates in Kansas City history.
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Date
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1938
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Object Type
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Map
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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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Marie Dierking Herd Neuhaus: Lafayette County German Farmwife and Proto-Feminist
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Description
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Article tells the story of Marie Dierking Herd Neuhaus, a German immigrant who lived in Concordia, Missouri, in the nineteenth century. Mary was unusual for a woman of her time, particularly a German Lutheran woman, in her vigorous assertion of her right to control her property and protect it for her children.
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Date
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2007-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Lafayette County Missouri
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Description
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Map of Lafayette County, Missouri, including roads, auto roads, railroads, schools, churches, and streams. Includes townships of Clay, Lexington, Dover, Middleton, Sniabar, Washington, Davis, and Freedom. Includes cities of Lexington and Higginsville.
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Bates City Quadrangle
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Description
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Topographical map of an area east of Jackson County, in Lafayette County, featuring Sni-A-Bar Creek and Bates City. Roads of various grades are shown, as well as schools, churches, cemeteries. A small area of eastern Jackson County is included.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Camden Quadrangle
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Description
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Detailed topographical map of an area east of Jackson County on the Missouri River showing the following Ray County towns: Orrick, Albany, Fleming, Camden Junction, Camden. Napoleon and Waterloo are the Lafayette County towns indicated. Also in evidence are Barsher Cemetery, South Point Cemetery, Lewis Cemetery, Cravens Cemetery, Big Lake, Ralph Lake, Tibs Lake, as well as various mine dumps, swamps, creeks, roads, railroad lines, and schools.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Map