Cliff Drive Scenic Byway is still an historic gem for area residents
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News November 7, 2012 This historic postcard was published by the South West News Company of Kansas City, Mo., and shows what was then referred to…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News November 7, 2012 This historic postcard was published by the South West News Company of Kansas City, Mo., and shows what was then referred to…
October 31, 2012 Halloween traces its origins to the ancient Celtic holiday “Samhain” (pronounced “sow-in”), celebrating the end of the traditional summer growing season on Oct. 31. The Celts, who…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 24, 2012 Electric Park once boasted over 100,000 electric light bulbs that outlined buildings and rides; then after dark they turned night into day.…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News October 17, 2012 Most of the buildings shown in this Southwest News Company postcard published in 1907 were demolished in the late 1940s to make…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 10, 2012 George Herman “Babe” Ruth and “Larrapin” Lou Gehrig played in a barnstorming game on Oct. 15, 1927, at Muehlebach Field, Kansas City,…
October 3, 2012 The roots of today’s American Royal can be traced to 1899 when the fledgling event was referred to as the National Hereford Show. Billed as the first…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News September 26, 2012 What is now nothing more than a re-routed, re-manufactured drainage ditch north of 63rd Street was once home to thousands of boat…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News September 19, 2012 This 3-acre lake shown on this real photo postcard published by the North American Postcard Company of Kansas City was once part…
September 12, 2012 “One smile from you in Kansas City would transfer me to heaven.” So indicates the message on the front of this card designed to resemble a railroad…
September 5, 2012 Dedicated on June 2, 1909, the August R. Meyer Memorial at 10th and The Paseo is the first memorial to be placed in a Kansas City park.…