History

Mobillion W. McGee has a story to tell that is just as unique as his name.

Diane Euston remembers playing in New Santa Fe Cemetery with her friends as a child and wondering why there were so many children buried there. Tonight the Telegraph columnist shares a lifetime of research at St. Thomas More Hall starting at 6 pm–rain or snow.

In this area, some guests traveled by horse up to 20 miles away to attend Christmas parties. When parties went all night long, “pallets were spread about the floor” to create makeshift beds.

Petticoat Lane, known today as 11th Street, was an iconic stretch of real estate in downtown Kansas City famous for year-round fashion.

In an 80-year span, these Indians were forced from their homes in Canada, Ohio and Kansas, later settling in Oklahoma.

Sometimes this day of thanks didn’t even fall in November. For example, in 1857, Missouri’s governor Robert Stewart “fixed upon Thursday, the 31st day of December.

With the recent reopening of Longview Farm, the country estate built in 1914 by timber baron Robert A. Long, it’s worth reviewing the remarkable life of this high-rolling yet humble, God-fearing entrepreneur.

The little bank in Martin City was host to three bank robberies, and all involve an unsuspecting cashier named Samuel J. Roberts.

Our historian experiences a paranormal investigation at the Shawnee Indian Mission.

Electric Park will be revived in its original location thanks to whiskey distillery J. Rieger & Co.

May Milling Company has been producing feed for four or five generations in Grandview.

Originally, Jasper’s was simply a bar with 12 tables tucked into a small space. It’s since grown into a Kansas City legacy.

Although women held many types of wartime jobs, Vera Davis was a riveter, working on B-25 bombers at the Fairfax assembly plant

Gregory Blvd became his namesake street in Kansas City.

In 1962, the personal pocket watch of William Quantrill was proudly on display at the Jackson County Historical Society’s 1859 Jail and Museum
when professional thieves had a different plan for it.