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Dorri Partain Assistant Editor Following the attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, American citizens faced shortages of certain items. Whether these items were being shipped overseas to support the…
Dorri Partain Assistant Editor Following the attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, American citizens faced shortages of certain items. Whether these items were being shipped overseas to support the…
Michael BushnellPublisher Opening to the public in 1888, Troost Park and adjoining Troost Lake were the brainchild of the Kansas City Cable Railway Company (later known as the Kansas City…
Dorri Partain Assistant Editor The mid-Twentieth Century “Space Race” inspired a Number One hit for a little-known British band. Launched from Cape Canaveral atop a Thor-Delta rocket on July 10, 1962,…
Michael BushnellPublisher “Here I will spend my leisure, secure from the worries of business and the excitement of city life. I will fish and loaf and explore the caves of…
To the victor goes the bragging rights, and what better way to brag that your hometown team is No. 1 than with a novelty license plate for the front of…
Dorri Partain Assistant Editor The Chiefs are going to the Super Bowl, baby! While those young ones who drink from baby bottles are more interested in the contents inside than the…
Michael BushnellPublisher Entitled “Elm Ridge Driving Park”, this week’s historic postcard shows the Elm Ridge Race Track. Only in operation from April 28, 1904 through late in 1906, the Elm…
Dorri Partain Assistant Editor A little bird told me your pie crusts are soggy. While this little ceramic bird might resemble a salt shaker, its function is to help pie bakers…
Michael BushnellPublisher This week, we feature a rare advertising postcard showing the old Convention Hall, which was destroyed by fire in early April 1900 — just 90 days prior to…
Michael BushnellPublisher My Own Commander, The Civil War Journal of J. J. Sitton, tells the story in a first person, diary format that describes events exactly how they happened on…