Jackson County (Mo.)
Historical Society
Portals to the Past
&
Historical Perspective
Local newspaper columns
by David W. Jackson
Beginning May
24, 2006, The Kansas City Star newspaper features, as space allows, a bi-monthly local history series
called Portals to the Past, provided by the Jackson
County (Mo.) Historical Society. The Star
provides our series only to selected, zoned, neighborhood editions
in Jackson County [Blue
Springs/Independence/Raytown zone on Wednesdays, indicated below with the two
letter designation (BS and a page number); and, the Lees Summit/South Kansas
City zone on Saturdays, indicated below with (LS and a page number)].
Beginning in June 2009, all Jackson County suburban zones were consolidated
into a single, zoned edition.
Portals to the Past columns are not regularly
published in the main, or City Edition of the paper [only when space allows,
indicated below with (CI and a page number)]. For those in downtown,
midtown, and surrounding Kansas City zip codes, we hope the pages linked
below will provide access to the text we provided to The Star
(printed editions may vary). Meanwhile, we hope you may encourage the editor(s)
of the City Edition to pick up our Portals to the Past series.
Beginning
April 12, 2008, the Independence
Examiner and Blue Springs Examiner
newspapers feature a bi-weekly local history column called Historical Perspective, provided by
the Jackson County (Mo.) Historical Society. In January 2009, the column became monthly.
Tower
Adorables were KCs answer to Rockettes, for 24, 27, and 31 May 2006
Walt
Disney nurtured his creativity in KC, for 7 & 10 June 2006
Renowned
parks system faced early struggles, for 21 & 24 June 2006
Area
used to be nation's cattle capital, for 12 & 15 July 2006
Little
Blue Valley holds vistas and history, for 26 & 29 July 2006
Natural
springs drew early pioneers, for 23 & 26 August 2006
Priests
of Pallas event was an extravanganza, for 6 & 9 September, 2006
Book
chronicles colorful life of Nelly Don, for 27 & 30 September, and 25
October 2006
Generosity
was this man's hallmark, for 11 & 14 October 2006
Westport
Steptoe neighborhood stepping into history, for 25 & 28 October 2006
Among
vets stories are tales of POW camps, for 8 & 11 November 2006
Missouri
River was once this areas superhighway, for 22 November 2006
County's
early years were tumultuous, for 6 & 9 December 2006
Designing
the face of KC, for 27 December 2006, and 6 January 2007
We
all stand as witness to historic events, for 24 & 27 January 2007
Bridge
over Blue River marks historic crossing, for 7 & 10 February 2007
The
principle prevailed for Harry Truman, for 21 & 23 February 20007
Civilian
Conservation Corps meant job, home, for 21 & 24 March 2007
Help
collect everyday history about women, for 28 & 31 March 2007
Concerning
Kansas City theater history [about Folly Theater], for 11 & 13 April
2007
Call
goes out: give us your stories of WWII life, for (CI9) 25 & (LS3) 28
April 2007
Share
your stories one by one, for (IN3) 9 & (LS10) 12 May 2007
Union
Cemetery Final Resting Place for More than 55,000, Marks 150th
Year, for (BS3) 23; (LS3) 26 May 2007
Pioneer
Men Weren't The Only Ones to Take Law Into Their Own Hands [about Rebecca
Hawkins], for (BS3) 6 & 9 June 2007
Kansas
City Has Long Known How to Sizzle on the Fourth, for (CI4) 27 & 30
June 2007
County
Has History of Caring for the Poor [about Truman Medical Center], for 11
& 14 July 2007
How
Did We Get,"'Everything's Up to Date' in Kansas City?", for 18
& 21 July 2007
"Wind
the Clock" Back on Jackson County[about historic Jackson County
Courthouses], for (CI5) 29 August and (LS12) 1 September 2007
Courthouse
Restoration Nurtures Soul of the County, for 5 & 8 September 2007
Daughters
of Old Westport Filled a Void, for 19 and 22 September 2007
Original
Priest of Pallas Host Still a Mystery, for (BS3) 17 and (LS3) 20 October
2007
Remember
Telephone Exchanges?
Printed separately as, Hello Central,
Have Any Old Telephone Directories?
for 13, 16 & 17 November 2007
First
Call for Kansas City Zoo Came in November 1907 (or, Theres Plenty New at
the Zoo, Now Closing in on the Century Mark)
for (BS2) 7, (LS2) 10 & (CI5) 21
November 2007
1899 and Now: Electric Cars "Up to
Date" for 27, 28 & 29 November 2007
Log
Courthouse Was County's First Seat of Justice (Jackson County Circuit
Court Records processing project) for The Kansas City Star (BS3) 9 January;
(LS3) 12 January 2008
Family's
History Intertwined With County's (or, 1834 Bible Has Miraculous History)
(about the Hudspeth family and Order No. 11) for The Kansas City Star (BS3)
30 January; (LS8) 2 February 2008
Check
in with KC History in Hotel Guest Book (or, Gilliss House guest register provides
snapshot of KC history) for The Kansas City Star
(BS3) 13 February; (LS3) 16 February 2008
Pony Express Was Just One Stop on
Alexander Majors' Up-and-Down Journey for the Kansas City Star
(BS7) 26 February; (BS8) 27 February; and, (LS3) 1 March 2008
Trees
have a home on the Square for The Examiner 12-13 April, 2008, A5
Abuse and murder on the frontier
for The Examiner 26-27 April 2008, A5
Cattle led the areas growth
for The Examiner 10-11 May 2008, A5
Mulkey Square offers views of past, present
for The Kansas City Star (CI5) 14 May; (LS23) 24 May 2008
Prisoners on the homefront
for The Examiner 24-25 May 2008, A5
Natural gems need to be kept
for The Examiner 7-8 June 2008, A5
Drumm Institute and the Power of Giving
for The Kansas City Star (BS2) 11; (LS2) 14 June 2008
Springs brought pioneers for
The Examiner 21-22 June 2008, A5
Sheraton Estates Paved Way for Other
Subdivisions for The Kansas City Star (CI3) 2 July; (LS18) 5 July;
(BS4) 16 July 2008
In 1901, the Fourth was hot
for The Examiner 5-6 July 2008
Medical center has long history
for The Examiner 19-20 July 2008
Jackson Countys
mother [Mary Easton Sibley] for The Examiner 2-3 August 2008
Society celebrating anniversary
for The Examiner 16-17 August 2008
High-end retailer had style [Hartzfelds] for The Examiner 30-31 August 2008
Visit Fort Osage, see our past
for The Examiner 13-14 September 2008
Miracle saved a piece of history
[Hudspeth Bible] for The Examiner 27-28 September 2008
Indian Now on Private Sentry Duty in
Kansas City for The Kansas City Star (BS3) 8 October; (LS3) 11
October 2008
Celebrate Westport anniversary
for The Examiner 11-12 October 2008
Swope Park's Lake of the Woods ripples to
100 (or, Memories Ripple Across the Lake of the Woods) for The
Kansas City Star (BS7) 15 October 2008; (LS) 22 October 2008; (CI1) 7 January
2009
Celebrate Westport's 175th anniversary
(or, At 175, Westport is Filled with History) for The Kansas City Star (BS3;
CI1) 22; (LS6) 25 October 2008
Old tale follows a family
[Watson family and Gussie Davis] for The Examiner 25-26 October 2008
Countys historical society has a history all its own
for The Kansas City Star (BS6) 5 November 2008
Up
and down in Old West [Alexander Majors and Pony Express] for The Examiner
8-9 November 2008
Trumans advice mattered [The Neck in Independence,
Missouri] for The Examiner 22-23 November 2008
Hard
work shattered a barrier [Sheraton Estates] for The Examiner 6 December
2008
County
provided care with parental homes for The Kansas City Star (CI1) 24
December 2008; (LS5; BS4) 14 January 2009 [printed the second of a three-part
series; the first and third were never printed]
Help
save our local heritage [Drumm Farm] for The Examiner 20-21 December 2008
Raytown
cemetery is part of local history [Archibald Rice plantation] for The
Examiner 9-11 January 2009
Friends
at last meet again [Gone With the Wind 70th Anniversary; Follin-Harris master and former slave reunion] for The
Examiner 7-9 February 2009
History
lives in archives [new National Archives at Kansas City] for The Examiner
7-9 March 2009
KC
Getting Treasure-Trove of National History (or, KC Getting A Trove of
National History) for The Kansas City Star (CI9) 11; (IN5) 18 March 2009
Courthouse
on the Square has a rich history for The Examiner 4-6 April 2009
Law
and order is a tough job [150th Anniversary of Jackson County
Jail] for The Examiner 16-18 May 2009
Hereford
Boulevard had cattle kingdom [Yost Cedar Croft Farm] for The Examiner
13-15 June 2009
Park
system took vision, persistence for The Examiner 18-20 July 2009
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