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Leawood History resources
Leawood was founded in 1922 and named after principal landowner Oscar G. Lee. He owned land from 79th to 103rd and from State Line to Belinder Road. The Oxford Schoolhouse had been instructing area...
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Four Corners School
While searching JoCoHistory for school photos recently, I came across a lone picture of a class at Four Corners School. This school was located in the Mount Pleasant area in the southwest part of the...
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Parks and Recreation photos
The Lenexa Historical Society collection includes a number of photos from the Parks and Recreation department. Photos of parades, barbecues, construction projects and of course lovely Lenexa parks are...
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Eureka School
This little schoolhouse was located in Aubry township, just southwest of Morse. The building was sold at auction on January 31, 1953. View photos of Eureka School.
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Olathe, home of the Cowboy boot?
The modern cowboy boot may have been invented in Olathe. The Hyer Boot Company is widely credited as being one of the first to manufacture and sell these boots to homesteaders, ranchers and farmers in...
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Slideshow: 50 Years of Overland Park
Last week the Library hosted a great event celebrating Overland Park’s 50th birthday. I have assembled a slideshow of images that depict Overland Park over the last five decades. Click the photo below...
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Then & Now: The Holliday Edition
In a nod to the season, we cast our minds back to memories of Holliday’s past. Holliday, Kansas, that is. Holliday, originally named Waseca, was platted in 1882 on the south bank of the Kansas River....
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Then & Now: Bonita
By 1874, Johnson County was crisscrossed by railroad lines heading for Olathe. A number of small communities, including Bonita, Wainright, Elizabeth, Pleasant View, and Lackman sprang up at points...
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Seeking addresses for 20 houses in Mission, Kansas
Here at JoCoHistory we have thousands of photographs of houses. One such collection from the early 1950s includes structures in the Countryside East and Hickory Hills subdivisions of Mission, Kansas,...
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Then & Now: South Park Elementary and the Walker School
In 1887, the community of South Park, Kansas, was founded. A year later, District 90 was organized to educate the town’s children, and a one room school—known as the Walker School—was built. In 1912, a...
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