Name/Title
Gentry, Ed: Interurban Railway Historian, File Folder,1999Entry/Object ID
AM2019.43.1Scope and Content
Gentry, Ed: Interurban Railway Historian, File Folder,1999. Joseph E. (Ed) Gentry, 1305 S. Noyes Blvd, St. Joseph, MO. had a keen interest in the Interurban Railway that ran between cities in northern Missouri and Kansas City from about 1911-1933. He researched and kept materials about the Kansas City, Clay County, and St. Joseph Railway as well as the St. Joseph-Savannah Railway.
At various times he gave public talks about this subject. The articles in this file relate to those public sessions.
Included:
--www.interurbanroad.com, Business Card for Ed. Gentry. This website still available in Jan. 2020, with additional photos and text content.
--"Trains serve many", news article written by Ed Gentry published in unidentified newspaper, dated Oct. 1, 1995
--News photo of Ed Gentry in front of electric railway car, "Electric railway system sparkled", News article by Alonzo Weston, St. Joseph News-Press, Feb. 4, 1999.
--"History of Interurban railway discussed for Dearborn MCB", news article published in Landmark, Platte County, Mo, Mar. 11, 1999.
--News photo of Ed Gentry at Mid-Continent Library, Edgerton. published in Platte County Citizen, Aug. 11, 1999
--"Savannah lecturer to bring back memory of historical interurban railroad system", news article in Savannah Reporter, Oct. 18, 2001
--"Interurban railroad story retold at Savannah Library", news article in Savannah Reporter, Oct. 25, 2001Lexicon
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Interurban Railway, Interurban Railroad, Kansas City, Clay County & St. Joseph Railway, St. Joseph-Savannah RailwayRelationships
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Person or Organization
Ed Gentry
