[3] December 2, 1905: August Meyer, a leader in Kansas City’s park and boulevard movement and president of the Municipal Improvement Association, dies.
[3] December 2, 1905: August Meyer, a leader in Kansas City’s park and boulevard movement and president of the Municipal Improvement Association, dies.
[5] November 20, 1983: An estimated 100 million Americans watch Kansas City and its environs destroyed by a nuclear attack in the made-for-TV movie, The Day After.
[7] November 14, 1838: A group of 14 investors led by John Calvin McCoy purchases 257 acres near the town of Westport for $4,220 to found the “Town of Kansas,” which is renamed “Kansas City” in 1889.
[9] November 8, 1917: After being shunned by the all-male Kansas City Bar Association, Mary Tiera Farrow and 20 other female lawyers form the Women's Bar Association of Kansas City.
[11] November 4, 1934: Tom Bass, who was born a slave and went on to become a celebrated horse trainer and a founder of the American Royal, dies in his Mexico, Missouri, home at 75 years of age.
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/beautiful-dreamer
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/beautiful-dreamer#comments
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/going-nuclear
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/7438#comment-form
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/landing
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/2763#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/dean-women-lawyers
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/dean-women-lawyers#comments
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/sunset
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/2722#comment-form
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=4
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=1
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=2
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=3
[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=9
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=16