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adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News December 4, 2013 When Kirkland B. Armour began construction of his palatial mansion on the boulevard that bears the name of his uncle, Simeon B.…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News November 27, 2013 When John Warneke arrived in Jackson County, Mo. in 1866, Kansas City’s population barely topped 15,000 souls, all intent on making…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News November 20, 2013 What we celebrate as Thanksgiving is traditionally tied to a three-day feast involving the Pilgrims after their first American harvest in 1621.…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News November 13, 2013 Showing “‘Some of the Finest,’ Metropolitan Police Force, Kansas City, Mo.,” this postcard was published by the Elite Postcard Company of Kansas…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News November 6, 2013 In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the Kansas City Fire Department was not only the talk of the town, it was…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 30, 2013 The word “Halloween,” actually traces its origins to the ancient Celtic holiday “Samhain” (pronounced “sow-in”) celebrating the end of the traditional summer…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 23, 2013 This week we take a look at the Queen Anne-styled James Ogelbay residence after its conversion to the Fraternal Order of Eagles…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 16, 2013 This Kodachrome postcard published in the late 1950s shows the numerous apartment buildings built on the south side of Brush Creek near…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 9, 2013 The Sheffield Car & Equipment Co. began to show up in Kansas City, Mo., city directories around 1911. Listed at an address…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 2, 2013 In the late 1880s, Kansas City was awash with excitement that it, too, would soon have its own “harvest festival.” An up-and-coming…
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