Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908
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Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908
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Photo and bio of Robert Hilliker (1830-1903), "well known as a pioneer, banker, contractor and manufacturer," a native of New York coming to Kansas City in 1865 as a building contractor for "over one thousand buildings in the two Kansas Cities."
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Creator: Whitney, Carrie Westlake
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1908
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Page 559: "He [Robert Hilliker] contracted and quarried the stone for over one thousand buildings erected in the two Kansas Cities. He erected one of the first stone buildings in Kansas City, Missouri, at the corner of Fifth and Wyandotte streets, which building is still standing. He did the first paving and built the first viaduct in Kansas City, Kansas."
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q977.8411 W61
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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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