August R. Meyer leaves legacy as parks pioneer
September 5, 2012 Dedicated on June 2, 1909, the August R. Meyer Memorial at 10th and The Paseo is the first memorial to be placed in a Kansas City park.…
September 5, 2012 Dedicated on June 2, 1909, the August R. Meyer Memorial at 10th and The Paseo is the first memorial to be placed in a Kansas City park.…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News August 29, 2012 “Churners of the celebrated Blue Valley Butter. The largest exclusive manufacturers of pure cream in the world!” Those hearty boasts border the…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News August 22, 2012 This real photo postcard spotlights the damage from the May 20, 1957, Ruskin Heights tornado that carved a 71-mile path of devastation…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News August 15, 2012 Published by and for the Thornton & Minor Sanitarium, this week’s card shows the second location of the hospital originally started by…
Built in 1907 by the Scarritt Estate Company (formed in 1903 by the children of the prominent early-day Kansas Citian, Nathan Scarritt, who migrated to Western Missouri in 1848 as…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News August 1, 2012 In 1888 when the Forest Hill Cemetery was incorporated, it lay outside the Kansas City city limits at 69th and Troost Avenue.…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News July 25, 2012 This week’s postcard shows the result of countless days of rain and the lack of a levee system on the West Bottoms…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL July 11, 2012 This panoramic postcard of downtown Kansas City, looking east from Broadway, was copyrighted by G.H. Otto in 1899, just a year after picture postcards…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News July 4, 2012 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 27, 2012 The venerable Densmore Hotel was part of Kansas City’s downtown landscape for almost 100 years before succumbing to the wrecking ball late…