Dr. Johnston Lykins
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Dr. Johnston Lykins
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Portrait and biographical sketch of Dr. Johnston Lykins (1800-1876), a physician, Baptist missionary, realtor, the first legal mayor of Kansas City (from 1853 to 1855), and native of Virginia. Description of his life and career, coming to Jackson County, Missouri, in 1831 as a missionary "in charge of the first post office west of Independence" that year with first residence two miles south of Westport, then buying land on Broadway from Louis Bartholet about 1836 and building a warehouse at the Levee there, as well as his first Kansas City home at 2nd and Walnut and his second at 12th and Broadway (later moved to 12th and Washington Streets, renovated into a hotel, and then demolished).
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Creator: Green, George Fuller
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1968
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Related Item
A Condensed History of the Kansas City Area: Its Mayors and Some V. I. P.s
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First edition published 1950.
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MVSC 920.0778 G79c
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Restriction on Access
This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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