Helping the present understand the past
Welcome to Around the Town Thursday! Thursday is becoming one of my favorite days because of Around the Town Thursday. I love highlighting interesting and unique places. Kansas City may be known for it’s bar-b-que and jazz but don’t ever think those are the only good things KC has to offer. There are tons of…
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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Welcome to another edition of Tombstone Tuesday! Continuing our journey in Mount Washington Cemetery, today’s tombstone belongs to Russell Lee Conwell, infant son of Edward Conwell and Edith (Brown) Conwell (my grandparents). Russell was the third child of Edward and Edith. He has two sisters (still living) and one brother (still living). Russell was born…
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…