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| Title | Description | Subject (Local) | Type | Date |
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| 'Equipping Ourselves in Every Possible Way': Contents of Wagons on the 1851 Oregon Trail | This article starts out: "Before deciding to make a cross-country trip, anyone with common sense would certainly give considerable thought to what supplies would be needed to make that journey." Early immigrant guides to the West and trail narratives and documents helped to identify what was necessary to complete the long journey. This article gives a survey of what men deemed necessary for the journey as well as what women included. Also lists items that turned out to be not necessary as well as items the travelors wished they had included. Lots of photographs illustrate the article. | Oregon Trail, Overland Journeys, Trails | Magazine Article | 2006 |
| 'Eskimo Pie King' Dead: Russell Stover, Confectioner, Developed Ice Cream Product | Obituary for Russell Stover (1888-1954), "[f]ounder and former president of Russell Stover Candies of Kansas City, Mo." Inventor of "the Eskimo Pie, an ice cream product, in the 1920's" and dying at the age of 66 in Miami. | Confectioneries, Candy, Stover, Russell | Newspaper Article | 1954-05-12 |
| 'Everybody Survives' | Metropolitan Community College's Penn Valley Campus is home to a "virtual hospital," where students learn by simulations and a surgical dummy. The facilities are the most comprehensive in the Kansas City area and other nursing schools are contracting out parts of this learning facility for their own schooling and classes. | Nursing, Schools, Metropolitan Community Colleges, Nursing Schools, Penn Valley Community College | Newspaper Article | 2011-03-02 |
| 'Falstaff of Jackson County': Colonel Crisp 'Colossus' to Little Girl | Photo and biographical article about Colonel John Crisp, a Missouri legislator, told through the author's childhood reminiscences in Independence and Kansas City, recalling Crisp's gargantuan voice, size, and appetite. | Crisp, John T., State Representatives | Magazine Article | 1973-07 |
| 'Firefighter's Firefighter' eulogized | Article describes the life and death of firefighter Gerald 'Mac' McGowan. A 32-year veteran of the Department, McGowan died in an accident en route to a fire. | Firefighters, McGowan, Gerald, Fire Department | Newspaper Article | 2004-09-12 |
| 'Freedom Mall' Envisioned | Ed Hogan, Kansas City artist, has created four statues that "tell the stories of many slaves who once sought freedom across the Missouri River." The statues are part of the Kansas City River Trails Inc. program to provide art along the trails. The statues are being considered for placement in what might be called Freedom Mall "under the Lewis & Clark Viaduct where people could come to learn about history and slavery" and where many slaves crossed the river to freedom. A new community task force is being assembled to make decisions regarding their placement. | Trails & paths, Sculpture, Slavery, African Americans, Kansas City River Trails Inc., Hogan, Ed, Statues, Public Art | Newspaper Article | 2010-06-07 |
| 'Ghost' Writer | Author of the mystery-fantasy series called "The Dresden Files," Jim Butcher began publishing the popular series in 2000. "Twice he has reached the Top 5 on the New York Times best-seller list." His newest book, "Ghost Story," was released July 26. The series is about Harry Dresden, a Chicago wizard and private investigator. Butcher grew up and continues to live in Independence, Missouri. | Authors, Books, Fantasy, Butcher, James (Jim) | Newspaper Article | 2011-07-16 |
| 'Give 'Em Hell, Mayor Davis!' | Photos and article about one day in the life of Kansas City Mayor Ilus Davis, with insights on his activities and discussions of various civic issues of the late 1960s, following the race riots. | Davis, Ilus W., Mayors | Magazine Article | 1968-12 |
| 'Globe-Trotting' Refrigerators Are Made in K. C. | Entry for Viking Refrigerators, Incorporated, with the history of the company founded in 1904 by Walter S. Dickey, who also "manufactured miles of clay pipe for the town's water and sewer system and was publisher of the old Kansas City Journal-Post." | Viking Refrigerators, Incorporated, Manufacturing Industry, Businesses--Early, Dickey, Walter S. | Book | 1950 |
| 'Good Life' Is Hidden Jewel Downtown | This article focuses on one of Kansas City's less visible fountains called "The Fountain of Good Life". It was designed by George Tsutakawa. According to a quote in the article, he "became the preeminent and unrivaled creator of fountains in the world..." The fountain is located in a sunken garden outside the lower level of the Commerice Towers bank building near 9th and Main Streets. | Fountains, Fountain of Good Life, Benton, Thomas Hart (Artist), Commerce Towers Building | Newspaper Article | 2004-04-21 |
| 'He Was a Great Mentor and Tutor' | Article describing the life of G. Lawrence Blankinship, Sr., who died at age 92 on December 28, 2005. Blankinship was one of the first African American members of the Kansas City City Council, and was founder and president of Blankinship Distribution Inc., a beauty product supply company. | City Council, African Americans, Blankinship Distributing Company, Blankinship, G. Lawrence | Newspaper Article | 2006-01-02 |
| 'Home on the Range' to Stay | Photos and article about the composition of the song "Home on the Range" at Smith Center, Kansas, in 1872 by Brewster Higley. Description of the song's origins being forgotten until the 1950s with actions by the Rotary Club and the state government of Kansas, restoring the Higley cabin as a historical monument and adopting the music as "the Kansas State Song." | Songs, Musicians | Magazine Article | 1955-09 |
| 'Humanbeing': Artist Uses Text and Images to Relate the Spirit of American Indian Culture | Photos and biographical article about David Hunt, a 43-year-old art teacher at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School and artist with a warehouse studio next to Lidia's restaurant on Baltimore Avenue, specializing in American Indian or Native American art. | Hunt, David, Artists | Newspaper Article | 1999-08-01 |
| 'I Have to Be Both of Us': Roberta Lord Is Completing the Artworks on Which She Collaborated with Her Late Husband, Dale Eldred | Photo and biographical article about Roberta Lord, an engineer and sculptor working on the completion of her late husband Dale Eldred's sculptures, residing next to the Kansas City Art Institute. | Lord, Roberta, Artists | Newspaper Article | 1995-01-10 |
| 'I'm Not a Marriage Counselor': A Frank Interview with Royals' Manager Dick Howser as He Talks about George Brett, Big Money, Curfews--and Marriage | Photos and interview of Dick Howser, manager of the Kansas City Royals baseball team, with discussion about the team, his approach to his job and marriage, and his native state, Florida. | Howser, Dick, Kansas City Royals | Magazine Article | 1982-04 |
| 'Inner-Ring' Suburbs New Development in Older Communities | Article describes both the challenges and advantages of 'inner-ring suburbs,' defined as "mostly post-World War II communities." Their proximity to downtown and their established infrastructure are making them more attractive but their small houses and lots often don't attract modern buyers. | Suburban life, City & town life, Housing | Magazine Article | 2008-11 |
| 'Joyous Freedom of Questioning the Status Quo' | Profile of Dr. Gregg Laiben, medical director of Primaris "the organization that works to improve health care quality in Missouri." | Physicians, Laiben, Gregg | Magazine Article | 2005-01-14 |
| 'KC Live' Kickoff to Light Up City | The long-awaited Power and Light District opens with a kickoff event in the Kansas City Live block at 14th Street and Grand Boulevard. The Cordish Company plans 150 events that include rock, country and blues conceert series, family activity days, and a June art festival. The canopy-covered courtyard at the Kansas City Live block includes a live music stage with a 12-by-16-foot video. The stage, when not in use, will convert to a wall fountain and pool. | Entertainment, Kansas City Live Entertainment District, Power and Light District, Cordish Co. | Newspaper Article | 2008-03-06 |
| 'Last Supper' Finds Home: Sculpture in Image of Famous Painting Comes Back to KC Church | News about the new "permanent home at Country Club Christian Church" for the sculpture of "The Last Supper," by sculptor Domenic Zappia, dying in 1964, about two years after finishing the sculpture, "the crowning work of his career," with photos. | Zappia, Dominic J., Sculpture, Artists | Newspaper Article | 2000-09-16 |
| 'Let He Who Is without Sin. ..' | Article about the internal squabbling and political jockeying of the Jackson County Office of Human Relations and Citizens Complaints, "an office which is supposed to keep an eye on other offices, helping citizens who are getting the runaround or who are being discriminated against." | Jackson County, Missouri, Office of Human Relations and Citizens Complaints, Human Relations, Government Officials | Magazine Article | 1982-07 |