A grand old flag with a grand old history
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News June 21, 2017 During the American Revolution, a number of patriots made flags for our new nation. Among them were Cornelia Bridges, Elizabeth (Betsy) Ross…
Early 1900s school site is now interstate interchange
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News June 14, 2017 This view of The Paseo, between 15th and 16th streets, looks north toward the old Chace School, circa 1907 or 1908. The…
River trade diminished near turn of century
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News June 7, 2017 “Boats on the river at the foot of Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.” is the title of this photographic postcard published by…
From packing meat to packing heat
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News May 31, 2017 Patrick Cudahy started in the meat packing business as a carrying boy for the Roddis Packing House in Chicago in 1862. Cudahy…
The ‘most beautiful’ steel bridge
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News May 24, 2017 In 1936, the American Institute of Steel Construction selected the Hurricane Deck Bridge that carries Missouri Highway 5 between Versailles and Camdenton…
Memorial an expression of gratitude
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News May 17, 2017 H. Van Buren Magonigle of New York was selected from a field of roughly 15 architectural firms from across the United States…
And the rains came
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News May 10, 2017 Seems fitting with the spring rains we’re experiencing that we run a photo-postcard showing a scene in the West Bottoms during the…
Spring has flowed for nearly a century
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News May 3, 2017 People from throughout the Midwest have enjoyed drives along Cliff Drive’s rugged bluffs overlooking the Missouri River bottoms. The spring shown here…