History

Joe McArdle’s story is a reminder of the unrelenting bravery of First Responders.

Pat Mason happens to be my great-grandfather.

Decades ago, Raytown historians tried to unlock the mystery.

Despite his education and his father’s hopes that he would inherit his keen business sense, David had other plans in mind.

In 1841, he purchased the first of his tracks of land near the current-day Waldo neighborhood.

“Love made the word go round then just as it does now.”

“When I rode my first ninety miles on the mail route it nearly killed me,”

Despite his successes in spotting land that would be profitable, Calvin, unlike other founders of Kansas City, never made a fortune.

By Tyler Schneider In 2019, visual artist Alecks Cruz and his wife, Natalie, and children,

I made it my personal mission to locate this old burial ground, and after studying countless aerial photographs, land records and listening to the locals, I finally had a pretty good idea of where the Davis Burial Ground was. 

When I was seven, I would saunter up the hill to an old burial ground called the New Santa Fe Cemetery, an area that felt as if it were a time capsule amid development.

 It was reported a week before the Kentucky Derby, “Lawrin’s workouts make Clockers’ eyes pop!” 

“This place is so important, too, because the farm was such a big part of his life.”

Dan Vaughn was a predatory man with a deep tie to the Grandview, Martin City and New Santa Fe areas of Jackson County, Mo.

Dr. Joshua Thorne’s contributions to Kansas City cannot be understated.