Grand festival packed KC around turn of the century
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News Oct. 20, 2010 In the late 1880s, Kansas City was awash with excitement that it, too, would soon have its own Harvest Festival. An up-and-coming…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News Oct. 20, 2010 In the late 1880s, Kansas City was awash with excitement that it, too, would soon have its own Harvest Festival. An up-and-coming…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News Oct. 13, 2010 Construction of the Hannibal Bridge almost didn’t happen in Kansas City in 1867. Leavenworth, Kan., and Kansas City were in a race…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News Oct. 6, 2010 The roots of today’s American Royal can be traced to 1899 when the fledgling event was referred to as the National Hereford…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News Feb. 24, 2010 The headwaters of what is known as the Big Blue River start in southern Johnson County, Kan., where Wolf Creek and Coffee…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News Feb. 17, 2010 Often called enigmatic and eccentric and known by his friends as a horrible driver, architect Louis Singleton Curtiss darted about the Kansas…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News Feb. 10, 2010 Around the year 200, the Roman Emporer Claudius was busy conquering various parts of Europe and Asia, making a general nuisance of…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News Feb. 3, 2010 Built in 1906-07 by the Swenson Construction Company at a cost of $15,000, the stone arched 15th Street bridge spans what was…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News Jan. 27, 2010 This Hallmark Cards postcard titled “Airplane View of Kansas City, Mo.” is actually a copy of a photograph taken in 1929 or…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News Jan. 20, 2010 Kansas City’s street railway began humbly in 1869 with the advent of small, animal-drawn (usually using mules due to their availability) cars…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News Jan. 13, 2010 Upon its opening in 1914, Longview Farms was hailed by many as the world’s most beautiful farm. Longview Farm was the country…