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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…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor How many miles can you drive between fuel-ups? This handy mileage meter, compliments of your local Skelly gasoline dealer, makes it easy to calculate. Lining up the miles…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor “The Most Talked About Nite-Club in the Midwest” survived three address changes and over four decades before the doors closed and the stage went dark. The Jewel Box…
Dorri PartainOur Blue Planet- A Handmade Parade took to the streets in the Jazz District last Sunday. Participants were encouraged to join over-sized creature puppets in handmade costumes. The parade 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 The aroma of fresh roasted coffee wafting around Kansas City is not a recent trend.In 1899, Frank Ennis (1866-1962) became Kansas City’s first coffee roaster. As the president…
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