Chautauqua offered education, entertainment
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News August 28, 2013 Chautauqua was a popular educational movement of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries in America. Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News August 28, 2013 Chautauqua was a popular educational movement of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries in America. Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News August 21, 2013 The Grand Opera House located at Seventh and Walnut is this week’s historic postcard, made in Germany and a wonderful example of…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News August 14, 2013 Located on the corner of Prospect Boulevard and Amie Court, Garfield Elementary School was one of the first ward schools in…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News August 7, 2013 These days all you’ll find near the intersection of Eighth and Delaware streets is some green space and a few surface parking…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News July 31, 2013 This week’s postcard offers a look at Fairmount Park from Independence Avenue. This view would have been from the vantage point of…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News July 24, 2013 Once a cornfield with a wood fence around it, Heathwood Park at 10th and L Road was created as part of the…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News July 17, 2013 What became known as “The Junction” was actually the intersection of three primary streets in early downtown Kansas City with Vaughn’s Diamond…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News July 10, 2013 If you’re a fan of Lake Ozark, Mo., and everything that is the Lake of the Ozarks, then remember seeing the Larry-Don…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News July 3, 2013 During the American Revolution, a number of patriots made flags for our new nation. Among them were Cornelia Bridges, Elizabeth (Betsy) Ross…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News June 26, 2013 From a statistical standpoint, the 1908 flood in Kansas City was not as disastrous as the 1903 or 1951 floods. In June…