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9781596299863

Kansas City Chronicles

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    9781596299863

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    159629986X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-07-16
  • Publisher: History Pr
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Summary

From guerilla warfare and martial law to the elegant dresses of the Harzfeld's Parisian Cloak Company, discover how everything became up-to-date in Kansas City (including the phrase "up-to-date," itself, which predates the song in Oklahoma!). Watch as the Jackson County Poor Farm transformed into the state-of-the-art Truman Medical Center and learn why Old Westport is the real McCoy. Meet the resident mouse of the Laugh-O-Gram studio on Thirteenth and Forest, which took food from Walt Disney's hand as Mortimer before taking shape on Disney's drawing board as Mickey. In this collection of his best historical columns, David W. Jackson delivers a vivid portrait of the people, places and events that continue to shape this fascinating town. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 9
Before Jackson County (-1826)
A River Runs by It: Kansas City's Origins Carried on the Missouri River Currentp. 11
"Man Is Arriving, Man Is Arriving, Man Is Arriving"p. 12
First Fifty Foundational Years (1826-1876)
Natural Mineral Springs Once Poured Local Flavorp. 19
The Abuse and Acquittal of Rebecca Hawkinsp. 21
Log Courthouse Served as the First Seat of Justicep. 23
Historic Red Bridge Crossed the Big Blue Riverp. 25
Rediscovery of the Rice Plantation Cemetery in Raytownp. 27
California Gold Rush: A Local Nugget of American Historyp. 30
Gilliss House Hotel Registered the Far Western Frontierp. 33
Poor Farm Is a Major Medical Center Todayp. 35
Frontier Justice and the 1859 Jackson County Jailp. 37
Picnicking Under the Lone Jack Treep. 39
When Martial Law Reigned in Jackson Countyp. 42
Alexander Majors's Dramatic Life as an Overland Commissionerp. 46
Kansas City's Hannibal Bridge Laid Rails to Futurep. 48
Fifty Golden Years of Expansion (1876-1926)
Folly Theater's Majestic Standardp. 51
Volker's Legacy Outlived Anonymityp. 53
Corralling Jackson County's Prized Stockyard Businessp. 56
Bucolic Big Blue River Valley's Past and Futurep. 58
The Enduring Charm of Swope Park's Lake of the Woodsp. 60
The Day the Horseless Carriage Rolled into Kansas Cityp. 62
First Telephones Rang a Bellp. 65
The Birth of the Kansas City Zoop. 66
An Up-to-Date Hypothesisp. 69
Priests of Pallas: An Alluring Festivalp. 71
Nelly Don Tried One On and Took It for a Ridep. 75
African American Neighborhood of Steptoe Vanishingp. 78
Independence Day in the Heart of Americap. 81
Some Unpleasant Happenings on Pleasant Streetp. 84
A Half Century of Triumphs Over Challenges (1926-1976)
Andrew Drumm's March to Make Life Betterp. 89
Disney's World of Hollywood Animation First Sketched in Kansas Cityp. 91
Civilian Conservation Corps Relieved a Great Depressionp. 93
Winding the Clock for Jackson County's Two Nineteenth-Century Courthousesp. 95
Lost Americana Returns Homep. 99
Mary Minor Laird's Climb to the Towerp. 101
Jackson County's Agrarian Past at Cedar Croftp. 104
Veterans' Daily Life Stories Collectedp. 106
When World War II Prisoners of War Camped in Jackson Countyp. 110
Sheraton Estates: Kansas City's First African American Suburbp. 112
Harzfeld's Dressed Kansas City Elegantlyp. 115
The Planning, Planting and Propagating of Kansas City's Parks and Boulevardsp. 118
The Neck: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrowp. 119
Preserving the Past for the Future (1976-2026)
Harry S Truman's Civil Rights Legacyp. 125
Kansas City Women of Independent Mindsp. 127
Protect Scenic Vistas While They Lastp. 129
The Jury Is In: Hotel President Exemplifies Kansas City Hospitalityp. 132
Growing Native Landscapes Honor Earth, Pioneersp. 134
Old Westport Is the Real McCoyp. 135
Conserving Cemeteries as Sacred Spacesp. 139
Jackson County Counts: Counting America's Stories One by Onep. 142
Jackson County Historical Society's Illustrious Past and Glimmering Futurep. 145
Indexp. 149
About the Authorp. 157
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