Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People 1808-1908, Volume 1S. J. Clarke publishing Company, 1908 - History |
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... Hall is used by permission of Miss S. M. Willis . The complete history of education in Kansas City no one could better write than our worthy superintendent , Dr. J. M. Greenwood . For the com- pilation on church history , I have drawn ...
... Hall is used by permission of Miss S. M. Willis . The complete history of education in Kansas City no one could better write than our worthy superintendent , Dr. J. M. Greenwood . For the com- pilation on church history , I have drawn ...
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... Hall .. Colonel Doniphan's Army . 25 18 29 888 33 23 33 Portrait of L. W. Boggs ... Portrait of Isaac and Christiana McCoy .. Portrait of Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan . Independence Female College . Two - Story Brick Depot of ...
... Hall .. Colonel Doniphan's Army . 25 18 29 888 33 23 33 Portrait of L. W. Boggs ... Portrait of Isaac and Christiana McCoy .. Portrait of Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan . Independence Female College . Two - Story Brick Depot of ...
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... Hall ..... Chapter XXIV . - Revival of River Transportation . Snag Boat " Suter " Arrival of the Lora , 1906 ... Portrait of Lawrence M. Jones . Portrait of E. C. Ellis . The Tennessee . Chapter XXVI . - Parks and Boulevards . Parade ...
... Hall ..... Chapter XXIV . - Revival of River Transportation . Snag Boat " Suter " Arrival of the Lora , 1906 ... Portrait of Lawrence M. Jones . Portrait of E. C. Ellis . The Tennessee . Chapter XXVI . - Parks and Boulevards . Parade ...
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... sixteen feet square and two stories high , was built in 1827. Jackson county's first sheriff was Joseph Walker , appointed in 1827 HISTORY OF KANSAS CITY 35 -Independence and Westport Old Westport City Hall Colonel Doniphan's Army 18.
... sixteen feet square and two stories high , was built in 1827. Jackson county's first sheriff was Joseph Walker , appointed in 1827 HISTORY OF KANSAS CITY 35 -Independence and Westport Old Westport City Hall Colonel Doniphan's Army 18.
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... Hall made this announcement of a new stage line in the Western Journal of Commerce in Kansas City , in 1857 : " Santa Fe traders and those desirous of crossing the plains to New Mex- ico , are informed that the undersigned will carry ...
... Hall made this announcement of a new stage line in the Western Journal of Commerce in Kansas City , in 1857 : " Santa Fe traders and those desirous of crossing the plains to New Mex- ico , are informed that the undersigned will carry ...
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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.
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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.