Refinery integral to early Sugar Creek development
By Michael Bushnell This early hand-colored postcard shows the Sugar Creek Refinery, Standard Oil Co., near Kansas City, Mo. The Missouri River and the operations of the refinery can easily…
By Michael Bushnell This early hand-colored postcard shows the Sugar Creek Refinery, Standard Oil Co., near Kansas City, Mo. The Missouri River and the operations of the refinery can easily…
By Michael Bushnell “See Kansas City and know what you’re seeing,” states the description on the back of this Curt Teich vintage 1920’s color postcard showing the Yellow Cab Company’s…
By 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,…
By 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…