Introduction | p. 9 |
Before Jackson County (-1826) | |
A River Runs by It: Kansas City's Origins Carried on the Missouri River Current | p. 11 |
"Man Is Arriving, Man Is Arriving, Man Is Arriving" | p. 12 |
First Fifty Foundational Years (1826-1876) | |
Natural Mineral Springs Once Poured Local Flavor | p. 19 |
The Abuse and Acquittal of Rebecca Hawkins | p. 21 |
Log Courthouse Served as the First Seat of Justice | p. 23 |
Historic Red Bridge Crossed the Big Blue River | p. 25 |
Rediscovery of the Rice Plantation Cemetery in Raytown | p. 27 |
California Gold Rush: A Local Nugget of American History | p. 30 |
Gilliss House Hotel Registered the Far Western Frontier | p. 33 |
Poor Farm Is a Major Medical Center Today | p. 35 |
Frontier Justice and the 1859 Jackson County Jail | p. 37 |
Picnicking Under the Lone Jack Tree | p. 39 |
When Martial Law Reigned in Jackson County | p. 42 |
Alexander Majors's Dramatic Life as an Overland Commissioner | p. 46 |
Kansas City's Hannibal Bridge Laid Rails to Future | p. 48 |
Fifty Golden Years of Expansion (1876-1926) | |
Folly Theater's Majestic Standard | p. 51 |
Volker's Legacy Outlived Anonymity | p. 53 |
Corralling Jackson County's Prized Stockyard Business | p. 56 |
Bucolic Big Blue River Valley's Past and Future | p. 58 |
The Enduring Charm of Swope Park's Lake of the Woods | p. 60 |
The Day the Horseless Carriage Rolled into Kansas City | p. 62 |
First Telephones Rang a Bell | p. 65 |
The Birth of the Kansas City Zoo | p. 66 |
An Up-to-Date Hypothesis | p. 69 |
Priests of Pallas: An Alluring Festival | p. 71 |
Nelly Don Tried One On and Took It for a Ride | p. 75 |
African American Neighborhood of Steptoe Vanishing | p. 78 |
Independence Day in the Heart of America | p. 81 |
Some Unpleasant Happenings on Pleasant Street | p. 84 |
A Half Century of Triumphs Over Challenges (1926-1976) | |
Andrew Drumm's March to Make Life Better | p. 89 |
Disney's World of Hollywood Animation First Sketched in Kansas City | p. 91 |
Civilian Conservation Corps Relieved a Great Depression | p. 93 |
Winding the Clock for Jackson County's Two Nineteenth-Century Courthouses | p. 95 |
Lost Americana Returns Home | p. 99 |
Mary Minor Laird's Climb to the Tower | p. 101 |
Jackson County's Agrarian Past at Cedar Croft | p. 104 |
Veterans' Daily Life Stories Collected | p. 106 |
When World War II Prisoners of War Camped in Jackson County | p. 110 |
Sheraton Estates: Kansas City's First African American Suburb | p. 112 |
Harzfeld's Dressed Kansas City Elegantly | p. 115 |
The Planning, Planting and Propagating of Kansas City's Parks and Boulevards | p. 118 |
The Neck: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | p. 119 |
Preserving the Past for the Future (1976-2026) | |
Harry S Truman's Civil Rights Legacy | p. 125 |
Kansas City Women of Independent Minds | p. 127 |
Protect Scenic Vistas While They Last | p. 129 |
The Jury Is In: Hotel President Exemplifies Kansas City Hospitality | p. 132 |
Growing Native Landscapes Honor Earth, Pioneers | p. 134 |
Old Westport Is the Real McCoy | p. 135 |
Conserving Cemeteries as Sacred Spaces | p. 139 |
Jackson County Counts: Counting America's Stories One by One | p. 142 |
Jackson County Historical Society's Illustrious Past and Glimmering Future | p. 145 |
Index | p. 149 |
About the Author | p. 157 |
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