Helping the present understand the past
Welcome to another Around the Town Thursday! Now I know what you’re thinking: “A bridge?? You’re writing about a bridge??” But this isn’t just any bridge. Today I’m highlighting the Twelfth Street Viaduct Bridge in the West Bottoms of Kansas City, Missouri. Mid-level of the Twelfth Street Viaduct Bridge Native Kansas Citians will recognize this…
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I love Around the Town Thursday. I love being able to highlight really cool places, especially if they’re located in my hometown of Kansas City. One of those really cool places is a fantastic little diner (or diners since there’s more than one) located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Town Topic Hamburgers has been featured…
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Today’s Around the Town Thursday post focuses on a location not far from my house. I can’t recall the number of times I’ve driven past Herman E. Laird Park without stopping. Herman E. Laird Park is located in Shawnee, Kansas There are many wonderful aspects of the park: tennis courts, a playground, a picnic area…
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Welcome to another edition of Tombstone Tuesday! Today we’re not straying very far from last week’s tombstone. It belongs to my maternal grandfather, Edward Bell Conwell, Jr. Edward was the second of eight children of Edward Bell Conwell, Sr. and Zella May (McCabe) Conwell. He had five brothers (one older, four younger) and two sisters…
Welcome to Around the Town Thursday! Around the Town Thursday is a way for me to highlight interesting, fun or useful places around my beautiful hometown of Kansas City. In the spotlight today is one of my favorite places: The National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial. Liberty Memorial (during maintenance) The National World…