This summer, Elena Cianciolo reached out to the Jackson County Historical Society to inquire about her Eagle Scout service project. Elena led this project in honor of her great-grandparents, John and Lottie Cianciolo, both of whom were steadfast 1859 Jail volunteers before their passing earlier this year.
Read MoreToday the Jackson County Historical Society honors Gene Clark, who grew up in the Raytown area before leaving Kansas City and helping to organize the Byrds, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s, before later becoming one of the pioneers of the popular music genre today known as “country rock” or Americana.
Read MoreWith the Academy Awards ceremony scheduled for Sunday, the Jackson County Historical Society remembers Landon Laird, longtime Kansas City Star film critic and columnist – and the newspaper’s Hollywood correspondent.
Read MoreLike many other historical organizations, the Jackson County Historical Society has begun the long process of digitizing our vast archival holdings.
Currently, staff and volunteers are working on scanning the large photograph collection that contains over 25,000 images.
Photographs are the number one requested item to view in our archive center which is one reason we chose to start there.
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