Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People 1808-1908, Volume 1S. J. Clarke publishing Company, 1908 |
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Page 91
... William L. Sublette , Moses G. Wil- son , John C. McCoy , William Gillis , Fry P. McGee , Abraham Fonda , Wil- liam M. Chick , Oliver Caldwell , George W. Tate , Jacob Ragan , William Collins , James Smart , Samuel C. Owens and Russell ...
... William L. Sublette , Moses G. Wil- son , John C. McCoy , William Gillis , Fry P. McGee , Abraham Fonda , Wil- liam M. Chick , Oliver Caldwell , George W. Tate , Jacob Ragan , William Collins , James Smart , Samuel C. Owens and Russell ...
Page 97
... William B. Evans and decided to advertise a sale of lots for April , 1846 ... William M. Chick , Hiram M. Northrup , Pierre M. Chouteau and Thomas Elliott ... Gillis . Other men who purchased lots were : Robert Campbell , Thomas Breeze ...
... William B. Evans and decided to advertise a sale of lots for April , 1846 ... William M. Chick , Hiram M. Northrup , Pierre M. Chouteau and Thomas Elliott ... Gillis . Other men who purchased lots were : Robert Campbell , Thomas Breeze ...
Page 98
... William Gillis , Fry P. McGee , John C. McCoy , Jacob Ragan , Henry Jobe and Wil- liam B. Evans , and was acknowledged , April 1 , 1846 , before Walter Bales , justice of the peace . The territory included in the three plats was ...
... William Gillis , Fry P. McGee , John C. McCoy , Jacob Ragan , Henry Jobe and Wil- liam B. Evans , and was acknowledged , April 1 , 1846 , before Walter Bales , justice of the peace . The territory included in the three plats was ...
Page 113
... William Gillis , through which the Shawnee road , now the Southwest boulevard , passed . The house had the appearance HISTORY OF KANSAS CITY 113.
... William Gillis , through which the Shawnee road , now the Southwest boulevard , passed . The house had the appearance HISTORY OF KANSAS CITY 113.
Page 114
... Gillis farm was a covered bridge on the Shawnee road . The surroundings made this spot unusually attractive . It ... William Jarboe , the old - style home of the Chick family and that of Jesse Riddlebarger , a mer- chant . Mr ...
... Gillis farm was a covered bridge on the Shawnee road . The surroundings made this spot unusually attractive . It ... William Jarboe , the old - style home of the Chick family and that of Jesse Riddlebarger , a mer- chant . Mr ...
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appointed April Assessor association became Benton Board of Education boats building built Charles charter Chick church City's club Coates House Colonel commercial congregation corner cost Council Councilmen court district early east elected erected established George George W Grand avenue hall held Henry Independence Indians Inspector interest J. V. C. Karnes Jackson county James James Pendergast January John Joseph Joseph railroad Joseph Smith Journal Kansas City Kaw river Kersey Coates land levee Louis Main street Mayor McCoy McGee meeting membership miles Miss Missouri river Mormons National bank newspaper Ninth street opened ordinance organized park pastor president purchased railroad real estate Santa Fe Santa Fe trail secretary September society Superintendent territory Thomas tion trade treasurer Twelfth street Union W. W. Phelps West West bottoms Westport William William Gillis women
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Page 70 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience...
Page 310 - A general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, the Legislature shall encourage by all suitable means the promotion of intellectual, scientific, moral, and agricultural improvement.
Page 395 - There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that, if you will only legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, their prosperity will leak through on those below. The Democratic idea, however, has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous, their prosperity will find its way up through every class which rests upon them.
Page 181 - I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787.
Page 70 - ... the sum of five hundred dollars, to be recovered by action of debt in the name of the State...
Page 76 - But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, and love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
Page 394 - There are two ideas of government," said our noble Bryan at Chicago. "There are those who believe that if you just legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, this prosperity will leak through on those below. The Democratic idea has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous their prosperity will find its way up and through every class and rest upon us.
Page 188 - An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, and to repeal the act now in force for that purpose...
Page 540 - Any city containing a population of twenty thousand Inhabitants or more shall be permitted to frame a charter for its own government consistent with and subject to the constitution and laws of this state...
Page 48 - Fe traders with necessaries for their journey ; and there was an incessant hammering and banging from a dozen blacksmiths' sheds, where the heavy wagons were being repaired, and the horses and oxen shod. The streets were thronged with men, horses, and mules. While I was in the town, a train of emigrant wagons from Illinois passed through, to join the camp on the prairie, and stopped in the principal street. A multitude of healthy children's faces were peeping out from under the covers of the wagons....