Ads
related to: civil war fabrics by moda store in kansas city
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
During the Civil War, nearby Kansas City (known then as the Town of Kansas) served as headquarters for the Federal "District of the Border" and was garrisoned by a sizable contingent of Union troops. While its own municipal star was beginning to fade in favor of its northern neighbor, Westport was still of some importance in the region.
Pre-Civil War era house Kansas Fire Brigade Museum: Downtown: Firefighting: Located in a historic fire station [2] Kansas City Garment District Museum: Downtown: History: Clothing, hats, photos of the period, period tools of the trade such as sewing machines, scissors and industrial fabric cutters Kansas City Irish Center: Broadway Gillham: Ethnic
The 1855 Harris-Kearney House is an historical site located in Kansas City, Missouri, in the Westport neighborhood. Originally, the house was located at the intersection of modern-day Westport Road and Main Street (where the Katz Drug Store was located) [1] [2] The home is the oldest brick residence in the city.
It frequently hosts American Civil War reenactments, with a focus on events connected to Bleeding Kansas and bushwhackers. There is also an in-house blacksmith and other various era-specific artisans. The original farm was founded by James Beatty Mahaffie and his wife Lucinda, in 1858. They ran it until 1870 and stayed on the farm until 1886.
The National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City on Wednesday showed off an excavated century-old time capsule, revealing a cornucopia of early 20th-century relics, artifacts and documents.
The land, for which Wornall paid $5 per acre, stretched between present-day 59th and 67th streets, State Line, and Main Street in what is now Kansas City. Richard and Judith's second son, John B. Wornall, eventually inherited the property and built the present house for his second wife, Eliza S. Johnson Wornall.