Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People 1808-1908, Volume 1S. J. Clarke publishing Company, 1908 - History |
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... began earning a living for himself and his sister by operating a flatboat at St. Louis . Stories that came from the frontier stirred the lad and when he was eighteen years old he joined a party of trappers and went to the West . After a ...
... began earning a living for himself and his sister by operating a flatboat at St. Louis . Stories that came from the frontier stirred the lad and when he was eighteen years old he joined a party of trappers and went to the West . After a ...
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... began an exodus to Jackson county . Smith pur- chased forty acres of land for the temple just west of the courthouse in In- dependence . The country around Independence soon was settled with Mor- mons . Mills and shops were started by ...
... began an exodus to Jackson county . Smith pur- chased forty acres of land for the temple just west of the courthouse in In- dependence . The country around Independence soon was settled with Mor- mons . Mills and shops were started by ...
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... began in Independence in 1831 and a boat landing was established at Blue Mills on the Missouri river , six miles distant . The business increased and the government established a customhouse for the accommodation of the early merchants ...
... began in Independence in 1831 and a boat landing was established at Blue Mills on the Missouri river , six miles distant . The business increased and the government established a customhouse for the accommodation of the early merchants ...
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... began in 1845-46 , other places were not used . In the year 1846 it was determined by the United States to send troops across the plains to overcome opposition . Doniphan raised a regiment of men which , being fully equipped , took up ...
... began in 1845-46 , other places were not used . In the year 1846 it was determined by the United States to send troops across the plains to overcome opposition . Doniphan raised a regiment of men which , being fully equipped , took up ...
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... began and the Rev. Mr. Lewis was forced to flee from Independence . In the war the school building was occupied as barracks and a hospital by Federal soldiers . The Independence high school was organized in 1857 by H. W. Miller and ...
... began and the Rev. Mr. Lewis was forced to flee from Independence . In the war the school building was occupied as barracks and a hospital by Federal soldiers . The Independence high school was organized in 1857 by H. W. Miller and ...
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appointed April association became boat building built capital cashier charter church City's Coates House Colonel corner Council court creek district early east elected erected established exposition February George Grand avenue hall held hundred Independence Indians interest Ioways Jackson county James January January 11 John Joseph Joseph railroad Joseph Smith July June Kansas City Kaw river Kersey Coates land Leavenworth LENOX TILDEN FOUNDATIONS levee Louis Main street Mayor McGee meeting membership miles Missouri river Mormons National bank newspaper November October opened ordinance organized Pacific park PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR purchased railroad railway real estate road Santa Fe trail secretary September slavery sold South steamboat territory tion trade treasurer Twelfth street Union United vice president W. W. Phelps wagons West West bottoms Western Westport William Wyandotte YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Page 69 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience...
Page 309 - A general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, the Legislature shall encourage by all suitable means the promotion of intellectual, scientific, moral, and agricultural improvement.
Page 180 - I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787.
Page 188 - Secretary of the Treasury, or proceeding to any of said States, with the exceptions aforesaid, by land or water, together with the vessel or vehicle conveying the same, or conveying persons to or from said States, with said exceptions, will be forfeited to the United States...
Page 69 - ... the sum of five hundred dollars, to be recovered by action of debt in the name of the State...
Page 75 - But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, and love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
Page 187 - An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, and to repeal the act now in force for that purpose...
Page 539 - Any city containing a population of twenty thousand Inhabitants or more shall be permitted to frame a charter for its own government consistent with and subject to the constitution and laws of this state...
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.