History

Barker recalls a cascade of feelings as thousands of houses in her old neighborhood were being torn down. “In the beginning it was interesting, then it was weird, then it was creepy.”

 Today, thousands of people live on Campbell and Charlotte Streets in Kansas City, and their namesake is a testament to the people who chose this place as their home.

“This is a tribute to all the young men and women who will remain forever 17 years old in this book.”

“Waterways would have thrown off scents for dogs and that’s why they would have used the Blue River.”

“I want to be clear that I do not actually believe in phrenology. But I’m good enough at it that I’ve had people tell me I could be a real phrenologist.”

“I used to be embarrassed by that sign. Now it’s way cool again.”

The survival of William Albertus McKinney’s Miles-of-View is nothing short of a miracle.

At that first KU-MU football matchup in 1891 in Kansas City, there were likely Union and Confederate veterans in the stands.

The newspapers had called Mott “one of the most remarkable materializing mediums of the age.” 

By Jill Draper When a guide locks the entrance door behind you with a bang,

 President Abraham Lincoln took notice of the doctor’s incredible skill.

  David T. Beals screamed up the stairs, “Ring the police, Arista! Our boy is gone!” 

By Don Bradley  The sun rises above the scraggly pines and finds the humped white

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

Pat Mason happens to be my great-grandfather.