[3] April 15, 1889: Thomas Hart Benton, a painter who will go on to lead the regionalist movement in American art in the 1930s from his studio in Kansas City, is born in Neosho, Missouri.
[3] April 15, 1889: Thomas Hart Benton, a painter who will go on to lead the regionalist movement in American art in the 1930s from his studio in Kansas City, is born in Neosho, Missouri.
[5] April 14, 1910: The City Council passes an ordinance drafted by the shy philanthropist, William Volker, which creates the nation’s first Board of Public Welfare.
[7] April 7, 1878: Union Depot, Kansas City's first large train station, opens in the West Bottoms after $410,028 in construction costs.
[9] March 31, 1882: In an editorial, The Kansas City Star supports a new streetcar company and argues against a monopoly held on Kansas City transportation by Thomas Corrigan.
[11] March 24, 1935: Annie Chambers, who owned a 25-room house of prostitution in Kansas City, dies at the age of 92.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/This+Week+in+Kansas+City+History/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/drawn-heartland
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/drawn-heartland#comments
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/promote-general-welfare
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/4846#comment-form
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/bottoms
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/9178#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/wrong-way-corrigan
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/4688#comment-form
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/secrets-chambers
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/secrets-chambers#comments
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=2
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=3
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=4
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=5
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=6
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=7
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=8
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=16