Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor Prior to 1899, when the Kansas City Parks Department first began acquiring land to build Cliff Drive as a scenic roadway, the terrain was viewed by many to…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor Can you fit all your school supplies inside a cigar box? Elementary school students in the 1960’s often used empty cigar boxes to corral the array of pencils,…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor Join our Northeast News staff this summer as we hit the road and share with our readers a new weekly feature on where to go and what to…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor Whether one is sewing a button on a coat or quilting, a thimble can be a handy sewing accessory that saves the sewer from sore or pricked finger…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor During a road trip along the developing interstate highway system, our nation’s 36th First Lady was appalled at the number of billboards and junkyards that were springing up…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor All aboard, for a riverboat cruise on the Missouri River from the Port of Kansas City. Whether you call them riverboats, steamboats or paddlewheelers, these large vessels were…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor Can’t find your car keys? The earliest models of automobiles had neither doors, roofs, nor keys. With the earliest designs based on carriages, the term ”horseless carriage” was…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor Join our Northeast News staff this summer as we hit the road and share with our readers a new weekly feature on where to go and what to…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor Does your patriotism stack up? For the nation’s Bicentennial in 1976, which celebrated the 200th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America, hundreds of collectables…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor Whether you’re packing a picnic for a day at the park or traveling long distances on a family vacation, this picnic jug holds a gallon of your favorite…
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