Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Northeast neighbors during life may also end up being neighbors during their eternal rest. In the next plot north of the Burge family (from our Sept. 14…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor United States Marine Corp Staff Sgt. Natalie Duff requested that her re-enlistment ceremony take place at Elmwood Cemetery on Friday, Sept. 16. Following the ceremony, she received a…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor When Elmwood Cemetery opened its gates in 1872, two acres on the southwest corner (Block H) were purchased by B’Nai Jehudah Temple for Jewish burials. Founded in…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor The early settlers of Jackson County and Kansas City rest in peace inside the gates of Elmwood Cemetery. When David Burge (1806-1886) purchased 160 acres, his estate…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Buildings designed by architect Charles Ashley Smith (1866-1948) are still prominent throughout Historic Northeast Kansas City today. Born in Ohio, Smith arrived in Kansas City in 1887…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Candy is dandy, especially at Halloween, but making sure you have enough for thousands of trick-or-treaters is a task that takes months of planning. After a two-year…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Look for the union label, it says we’re able to make it in the USA. The International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) was founded in New York…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Party on with the original party animal! As the official mascot of Budweiser’s Bud Light beer, Spuds MacKenzie was a bull terrier that was the Hawaiian-shirt-and-sunglasses-wearing life…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Built atop Siloam Spring, Excelsior Springs’ Hall of Waters was the site of bottling operations for several decades. Completed in 1937, the Art Deco building replaced several…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Who ya gonna call, when you need to go back in time? Joe Pace, that’s who. Pace, a long-time Northeast resident, once owned and operated Pace’s Body…
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