Interurban rail lines a popular regional travel option
By Michael Bushnell The message on this Hall Brothers color postcard, mailed on April 24, 1917, to Miss Lula Mercer, care of The Hotel Washington, room 516, Portland, Ore. reads:…
By Michael Bushnell The message on this Hall Brothers color postcard, mailed on April 24, 1917, to Miss Lula Mercer, care of The Hotel Washington, room 516, Portland, Ore. reads:…
Which version of Coca-Cola do you prefer? That was the question everyone was asking when new Coke debuted on store shelves for a brief period of 79 days in 1985.…
This week’s historic postcard column spotlights one of Historic Northeast’s most iconic and recognizable buildings. Located at 5401 Independence Avenue, The National Cloak and Suit building was built in 1919…
What could be more festive than Santa Claus himself, along with his team of reindeer, on the wings of an early Wright Flyer airplane, laden with bags of presents flying…
By Dorri PartainContributor Our house at Christmas time is loaded with decorations filled with memories of Christmas past: items from my childhood, my parents and grandparents. While I prefer a…
As a December baby, Christmas has always been my favorite holiday. My family would go pick out a tree on the evening of my birthday, then we’d spend all night…
Congratulations to Northeast’s Historic Kansas City 2020 Historic Preservation Award winners! The Lykins Neighborhood Association won the Richard Nadeau Award for use of Missouri’s Abandoned Housing Act to reclaim and…
For those wondering why there is a red shipping container in Budd Park along St. John Avenue near Brighton Avenue, their answer finally comes today. The traveling art exhibition, housed…
This week on the Northeast Newscast, Cheryl Lang from the Midwest Genealogy Center discussed the local genealogy resources right in our back yard for Family History Month. The center has…