The Jackson County Historical Society will offer history presentations in the Brady Courtroom beginning with David W. Jackson presenting his new book “Winding the Clock on the Independence Square: Jackson County’s Historic Truman Courthouse.” This presentation will be on April 26 at 1 p.m.
Here is a list of upcoming presentations in the courtroom. All presentations will begin at 1 p.m.
May 31, Giles Fowler, author of “Deaths on Pleasant Street: The Ghastly Enigma of Colonel Swope and Doctor Hyde.”
June 21, Diane Mutti-Burke discusses her books, “On Slavery’s Border: Missouri’s Small Slaveholding Households, 1815-1865,” and “Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Missouri: The Long Civil War on the Border .”
July 12, local lawyer and filmmaker Gary Jenkins talks about his documentary, “Gangland Wire,” about the Kansas City mafia.
Aug. 16, Historical Society Executive Director Steve Noll draws on his personal collection of postcards and discusses “Postcards as the Original Social Media,” focusing on Kansas City’s iconic sites.
Sept. 6, William Patrick O’Brien, former historic preservation manager for the city of Independence will discuss his book “Merchants of Independence: International Trade on the Santa Fe Trail, 1827-1860.”
In October – date to be determined – local and author attorney Ralph A. Monaco II discusses “150th Anniversary of the Battle of the Little Blue; 2nd Battle of Independence, and Battle of Westport.”
Nov. 8, Monroe Dodd discusses his book “Christmastime in Kansas City.”
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Mark William Kelly, author of Voices on the Missouri, will also be at the Fort during this event.
