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A non-profit news organization, bringing coverage to underserved communities since 1932
adminBy Michael Bushnell The description on the back of this real photo postcard describes Camp Prairie Schooner Girl Scout Camp of the Pioneer Trail Council as “a hideaway of woodlands,…
adminA New Conservatory for the Cultivation, Presentation, and Preservation of Our Stories Sponsored Content In honor of Women’s History Month, the Kansas City Museum, 3218 Gladstone Blvd., announced that it…
adminBy Michael Bushnell The Collinwood Apartments, located at 2501-2519 E. Linwood Blvd., were developed and built by William H. Collins and his architect John W. McKecknie. The design was groundbreaking…
adminBy Michael Bushnell Not much draws people to the dusty western Kansas town of Stafford today, but J. Logan Jones and his wife opened a small dry goods store there…
adminBy Abby Hoover Lincoln College Preparatory Academy has served Kansas City’s students since it was founded as the singular Black educational institution, and alumni are working hard to preserve its…
Dorri PartainBy Dorri Partain Numerous sites throughout Kansas City have been named in honor of business owners and civic leaders Theron B. Watkins (1877-1950) and his adopted step-son Bruce R. Watkins…
adminBy 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:…
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