Native Tales Along the Lewis and Clark Trail – Blue Ridge Library
Join storyteller Jim Wallen for stories of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Learn how life changed with the opening of the West to settlement and how fur trappers, pioneers, and Native Americans all were affected by the journey.
Native Tales Along the Lewis and Clark Trail – Kearney Library
Join storyteller Jim Wallen for stories of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Learn how life changed with the opening of the West to settlement and how fur trappers, pioneers, and Native Americans all were affected by the journey.
Civic Corruption in Pendergast KC – Withers Library
The fix was in on many levels throughout the Kansas City government during the Pendergast era. Join Terence O’Malley as he profiles several notorious cases evidencing that democratic processes were nothing more than a mere inconvenience to many of those in power during the 1920s and 1930s.
Civic Corruption in Pendergast KC – MIDWEST GENEALOGY CENTER
The fix was in on many levels throughout the Kansas City government during the Pendergast era. Join Terence O’Malley as he profiles several notorious cases evidencing that democratic processes were nothing more than a mere inconvenience to many of those in power during the 1920s and 1930s.
KC Garment District: Piecing Together the Past – Grain Valley
The KC Garment District once represented the largest market of coats and suits in the U.S. Explore its history and find out what is left of the industry and the district today.
The Life and Times of “Wild Bill” Hickok in the Kansas City Area
Before he was known as “Wild Bill,” famed frontiersman and gunfighter James Butler Hickok spent three formative years as a young man in the Kansas City area – a period of his life little known to the public. Years later he would return as a national media star and living legend.
Men of No Reputation: Robert Boatright, the Buckfoot Gang, and the Fleecing of Middle America
Although little remembered today, Robert Boatright was one of the greatest con men of the early 20th century. With the assistance of a confederacy of crooks known as the Buckfoot Gang, he preyed upon the Midwest gentry and fixed athletic contests in the turn-of-the-century Ozarks.
Floods, Fires, and Buried Trains: Immigrant Stories of the Historic West Bottoms
The bustling, often chaotic, West Bottoms of the late 19th and early 20th centuries attracted dreamers of every stripe. Immigrants to Kansas City arrived by trains and horse-drawn conveyances seeking a better life in the fetid air perfumed by the stench of manure, burnt coal, and stale beer from nearby packing houses and saloons.
The Rise and Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte
Historians have referred to Napoleon as the Emperor of France, the God of War, and the father of modern Europe. Jonathan Abel, associate professor of military history at the Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth, sides with those who describe Napoleon as one of the most interesting people in modern history.
BALLOT THEFT: BURGLARY, MURDER, COVERUP – Blue Springs South
Gary Jenkins tells the story of how President Harry Truman asked James Pendergast to stop local Fifth District congressman Roger Slaughter from being reelected. The Kansas City Mob rigged the election. When their machinations were discovered, the mob blew a safe, stole the evidence, and then committed murder to cover up their actions.