[3] June 9, 1933: The Jackson County Court awards a $2,073,609 contract to the Swenson Construction Company for the Jackson County Courthouse, a part of the “Ten Year Plan” to improve Kansas City.
[3] June 9, 1933: The Jackson County Court awards a $2,073,609 contract to the Swenson Construction Company for the Jackson County Courthouse, a part of the “Ten Year Plan” to improve Kansas City.
[5] June 1, 1897: Dr. Alice Berry Graham rescues a crippled child whose mother is trying to give her away, inspiring Graham and sister Dr. Katharine Berry Richardson to found Children’s Mercy Hospital.
[7] May 16, 1910: Doctor Bennett Clark Hyde is found guilty of murder after philanthropist Thomas H. Swope and several of his family members die following Hyde’s purchase of cyanide capsules and test tubes of typhoid cultures.
[9] March 15, 1858: Lafayette Tillman, who will go on to become a veteran of the Spanish-American War and one of Kansas City's first African American police officers, is born in Evansville, Indiana.
[11] May 8, 1974: H. Roe Bartle, a charismatic Boy Scout executive, public speaker, lawyer, and two-term mayor of Kansas City, dies in Kansas City.
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/man-plan-and-lot-concrete
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/5594#comment-form
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/mothers-mercy
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/5544#comment-form
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/dr-hyde-and-mr-swope
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/dr-hyde-and-mr-swope#comments
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/man-many-parts
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/4559#comment-form
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/hail-chief
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/9673#comment-form
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=9
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=6
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=7
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=8
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=11
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=12
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=13
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=14
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=16