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Aug 13, 2024 | 
northeastnews.net | Michael Bushnell
Michael Bushnell ContributorIn his 2019 thesis entitled, A Historical Analysis of the Northeast Neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, Lykins Neighborhood resident Sam Crowley describes Independence Avenue as “definitive of the entire neighborhood.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
northeastnews.net | Michael Bushnell
Michael BushnellContributing HistorianLocated on the corner of Prospect Boulevard and Amie Court, Garfield Elementary School was one of the first Ward schools in Kansas City. The imposing red brick building bore the address of 421 Wabash St., and was erected in 1884 — complete with a bell tower. In 1909, this building was extensively remodeled as seen in the 1940 tax assessment photograph. New entrances were built, the bell tower was removed and a new lunchroom was added in the building’s basement.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
northeastnews.net | Michael Bushnell
Michael BushnellContributing Historian“Boats on the river at the foot of Main Street, Kansas City, Mo,” which is the title of this photographic postcard published in 1908 by the Elite Postcard Company of Kansas City, Mo. In the background of this card, the newly constructed bridge piers for the Armour-Swift and Burlington Bridge (ASB).
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
northeastnews.net | Michael Bushnell
Michael BushnellContributing HistorianThis week’s postcard — published by the Southwest News Company of Kansas City — shows the bandstand and comfort station in Observation Park, Kansas City, Mo.This small, 4.5 acre park, located at the corner of 20th Street and Jarboe, was originally acquired by the city’s Fire and Water Commission for use as a reservoir to serve the industrial West Bottoms area some 300 feet below. The part of the tract not used for a reservoir was developed as a small park.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
northeastnews.net | Michael Bushnell
Michael Bushnell ContributorThe Independence Avenue CID’s Zone 3 stretches roughly nine-tenths of a mile between Van Brunt Boulevard on the west and Hardesty Avenue on the east. Much like Zone 2, this part of the Avenue has its own challenges in terms of development and quality of life issues. Neighborhoods bordering the Avenue in this zone are the Indian Mound neighborhood on the north and again, the Lykins Neighborhood on the south.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
northeastnews.net | Michael Bushnell
Michael BushnellContributing HistorianJust after the turn of the 20th Century, Kansas City, Kan., businessman Willard Merriam got wind of plans for a new dam, which was to be built along the White River, just inside Taney County, Mo. Merriam was looking for a good location to establish a summer resort and this newly constructed lake fit the bill perfectly. Merriam purchased 600 or so acres along the lake banks on the location of Rockaway Beach.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
northeastnews.net | Michael Bushnell
Michael BushnellContributing Historian109 years ago today — July 10, 1915 — the skies over the tiny hamlet of Atlanta, Mo., turned black, the air grew still and oppressively humid following what many thought was a routine summer thunderstorm. Then, to the south and west of Atlanta, a funnel cloud fell from the sky and wrought an almost 20-mile path of destruction through the farmland of Northeast Missouri.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
northeastnews.net | Michael Bushnell
Photo by Lillian Taylor-Gibbs
Michael BushnellContributorAward winning NBC Overnight News anchor Linda Elerbee closed her program with that phrase and it seems fitting to use it to bring an unceremonious end to a 26-year career as the Publisher of one of the city’s best community news outlets. That said, June 28th was my last day at The Northeast News.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
northeastnews.net | Michael Bushnell
Michael BushnellContributing HistorianDuring the American Revolution, a number of patriots created flags for our new nation. Among them included Cornelia Bridges, Elizabeth (Betsy) Ross and Rebecca Young — all of whom were from Pennsylvania — and John Shaw of Annapolis, Md.Although Betsy Ross made flags for 50 years, and is the best known of the four mentioned, there is no proof that she made the first Stars and Stripes. She did make flags for the Pennsylvania State Navy in 1777.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
northeastnews.net | Michael Bushnell
Michael BushnellPublisherThe Kansas City Current appears as the hottest ticket in town these days, but this News-Dog has found something even hotter — the temper of some Historic Northeast residents who can’t access the northbound I-35 entrance ramp during KC Current games. This closure, it seems, was never part of the initial conversation — imagine that — with the general public prior to CPKC Stadium opening for business in April.
