Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People 1808-1908, Volume 1S. J. Clarke publishing Company, 1908 |
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... Jackson County , History of , to 1881 . Kansas State Historical Society collections . Leftwich , W. M. Martyrdom of Missouri . Lewis and Clark , Journals . McCoy , J. G. Cattle Trade . Miller , W. H. History of Kansas City to 1881 ...
... Jackson County , History of , to 1881 . Kansas State Historical Society collections . Leftwich , W. M. Martyrdom of Missouri . Lewis and Clark , Journals . McCoy , J. G. Cattle Trade . Miller , W. H. History of Kansas City to 1881 ...
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... Jackson County . McGee's Hotel on Grand Avenue .. 88888 89 93 99 Chapter V. - Hills and Hollows Transposed . " Petticoat Lane , " Eleventh Street Between Main and Grand . 111 Main Street Looking South from Twelfth ... 115 Grand Avenue ...
... Jackson County . McGee's Hotel on Grand Avenue .. 88888 89 93 99 Chapter V. - Hills and Hollows Transposed . " Petticoat Lane , " Eleventh Street Between Main and Grand . 111 Main Street Looking South from Twelfth ... 115 Grand Avenue ...
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... Jackson County Courthouse .. Chapter XXI . - The Great Industries . Live Stock Exchange Building .. Trading Pit in Board of Trade . Plankinton & Armour Plant .. Exchange Building , 1871 ... 467 487 491 483 483 Chapter XXII . - Federal ...
... Jackson County Courthouse .. Chapter XXI . - The Great Industries . Live Stock Exchange Building .. Trading Pit in Board of Trade . Plankinton & Armour Plant .. Exchange Building , 1871 ... 467 487 491 483 483 Chapter XXII . - Federal ...
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... Jackson in New Orleans in the War of 1812. " Old Pino " lived long enough to see the first railroad train that came to Kansas City , and he regarded it as the great event of his life . Another celebrated pioneer in the same class with ...
... Jackson in New Orleans in the War of 1812. " Old Pino " lived long enough to see the first railroad train that came to Kansas City , and he regarded it as the great event of his life . Another celebrated pioneer in the same class with ...
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... Jackson county , Southeast of Kansas City . It was the old scout's custom to spend the summers on the plains and the winters at home . He died at his home , July 17 , 1881 . Bridger's reputation rested on the extraordinary part he had ...
... Jackson county , Southeast of Kansas City . It was the old scout's custom to spend the summers on the plains and the winters at home . He died at his home , July 17 , 1881 . Bridger's reputation rested on the extraordinary part he had ...
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Page 47 - Fe traders with necessaries for their journey ; and there was an incessant hammering and banging from a dozen blacksmiths' sheds, where the heavy wagons were being repaired, and the horses and oxen shod. The streets were thronged with men, horses, and mules. While I was in the town, a train of emigrant wagons from Illinois passed through, to join the camp on the prairie, and stopped in the principal street. A multitude of healthy children's faces were peeping out from under the covers of the wagons....
Page 660 - Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate, than that these people are to be free ; nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government.