Pony Express & Other St. Joseph Historic Clippings Notebook, St. Joseph History

Publication

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2009.3.559 G

Description

Pony Express & Other St. Joseph Historic Clippings Notebook, Re: St. Joseph History. News Clippings most probably from an old scrapbook in the possession of Don Reynolds that he dismantled and saved certain St. Joseph-related articles. Clippings were fragile & crumbling. Photocopies made of the articles and compiled into a notebook. 09.3.559 1. Program For Field, 1914 to 1915 News story about three dozen local organization which will plant trees along Lovers Land in honor of Eugene Field to create his famous "leafy aisles". A parade of participants was to start at Hirsch Dept store and out to the Lane, where members of each organization would stand by their designated tree/planting area. A bugle would sound for each to begin shoveling dirt while Maupin's band played. After planting the parade would proceed to the NE end of Lovers Lane for a closing ceremony. 2. To Seek Markers for D.A.R. Graves at Fillmore, MO, undated but after 1932. News story with photo about effort of D.A.R. to locate graves of Revolutionary War Soldiers or their daughters in the area. Research is being done by Mrs. William L. Smith. Daughters of a Revolutionary War drummer boy are known to be buried in Fillmore Cemetery. Includes some information about veterans of other wars and slaves buried in Fillmore. 3. As St. Joseph Looked Back in the Glory Days, undated. News story taken from a letter by Mrs. Isabella Ashbrook Harter to her relatives in St. Joseph. It consists of her reminisences about early St. Joseph about 1871. She came to St. Joseph with her family, Mahlon Ashbrook, from Cincinnati by steamer to St. Louis, being stranded on a sandbar for 3 days. They came to St. Joseph on the passenger train, Hannibal & St. Joseph on Nov. 2, 1859, which had only been in service since the previous February. They stayed in the Milton House, later called the Pacific Hotel. They first lived at the Pennsylvania House at 19th & Howard (which was later converted to two small houses.) Ashbrook's father built their home at the SW corner of 19th & Howard, enlarging it to the Ashbrook House. Across the road to the east was Highly spring, where Civil War soldiers watered their horses. She tells of the ravine north of Frederick at 18th that flowed to 8th Street where the Hirsch store was later built. Their was a rope walk (manufacturer) at 18th & Union. Frederick Avenue was a very muddy street where droves of livestock and hay wagons were common, even occasionally a buffalo. She recalls the first street car on Frederick after half of it was paved and the Interurban rail line to Savannah from 26th & Frederick. A tannery was near 22nd & Frederick. She witnessed colored folk baptisms in Blacksnake Creek near Karnes Road. Westminster Place at 25th & Frederick was then a fairgrounds, where Floral Hall was built. With no public schools, she spoke of the private school of E.B. Neely. Later three two-room public schools were built, Franklin, Madison (Humboldt) and another on Third Street. Still later a two-room high school was built on Tenth Street. The letter writer taught at Madison for 2 years which she describes. She mentions the long flight of stairs to the courthouse and the hill top home of Mr. Kay at 6th & Felix. She lists the businesses on Felix Street. 4. When Savannah Excelled St. Joseph, 1912. News story about the persons invited to a social event, a Cotillon Party, in 1851. The article identifies each man and tells of his business. The men are all important business men in both cities. 5. Old-Timer Talks About Lawyers. Who Was Who in at the Buchanan County Bar in the Good Old Days, 1936 News story by an anonymous "Old Timer" about early day lawyers in the county in the 1870's & '80s, a time when a lot of young attorneys "arrived" and hung out their shingles.. The county of about 50-60,000 people had 20 attorneys. He lists the attorneys by name and tells where they came from and what achievements they enjoyed. 6. An Imposing Shaft at Robidoux's Grave, undated News photo and story about the erection of a monument to Joseph Robidoux at Mt. Olivet Cemetery by his grandson Louis Robidoux of Kansas City. The body of Joseph Robidoux and his son Jules, father of Louis, was removed 3 years earlier from Calvery Cemetery, the old Catholic Cemetery on Garfield Avenue. The bodies had been buried in cast iron coffins. It was at first thought that the reburial site could not be located, but Mrs. Louis Robidoux notified the Newspress that she & her husband had been present when the metal caskets in which they were buried were exhumed and reburied at the new cemetery on Lovers Lane. This fact allowed the graves to be located. 7. Story of the First Directory Here, undated. News story about the first directory issued in 1859. Page 2 of article only. 8. These Men Did Much to Spread City's Fame, undated but after 1918. News story, third in a series, that describes persons from St. Joseph who represented the U.S. Government in foreign countries. He included ministers, doctors, lawyers, soldiers, including a colored physician, R.A. Crossland, who was sent as Consul to Hayti. 9. Fifty Years Only A Little Incident, undated. News story in which an old-time road agent recalls St. Joseph early days and expansion. He tells of the condition these salesman labored under to get the word out about goods from St. Joseph. He also describes the business district, naming individuals and the location of their businesses. The continuation on page 4 is missing. 10. Baggage Wagon Days Recalled, Aug. 6, 1950 News Photo of Brown Transfer Company baggage wagon with team and with driver & assistant taken in 1910 in front of Sidenfaden embalmers at 1103 Frederick.. Short news story. Driver was Johhny Wall and R.O. Kier was helper. They were paid $81.5/week plus tips. They even drove for funerals. The company had a 1-horse cab from Union Depot to Metropole Hotel. 11. After 50 Years, Memories of St. Joseph's Tragic Noyes-Norman Fire Are Still Alive, March 18, 1951 News Story with news photos of the March 16, 1901 fire at the Noyes-Norman boot & shoe factory and the Richardson Roberts overall factory, at 3rd & Faraon Streets, a six-floor building that burned within one half hour. Benzine (sp?) used to clean machines on the 3rd floor sparked the blazed, when hundreds of employees were on the job just before closing time. Two women jumped from the 5th floor to nets below. Two other women lost their lives in the blaze. The tragedy is that there were no phones in the building to call in the alarm and no speaking tubes to spread the word to workers on the various floors. Water pressure in the main was so low a sufficient stream to fight the blaze was impossible. The aerial ladder was not sufficient to rescue those on the 5th floor. The dead girls were buried in one casket and buried in the Blondeau plot at Mt. Mora Cemetery. Testimony from the coroner's inquest is included in the article. The home of John H. Allen and the Bishop apartments next to the factory were destroyed or severely damaged. 12. Missouri Courthouses, Buchanan County, undated but after 1979 Leaflet, brief history of the Buchanan County Courthouse with illustration. 1850 and an 1873 photograph. 13. College Youth's Audacity Brought Famed Tree Here. D.A.R. will Unveil Marker on Elm Tree, 1931 In 1878 John & Kate Strong, siblings from St. Joseph, were observing the elm tree in Cambridge where George Washington took his oath as commander of Colonial forces. John jumped over the fence and purloined a seedling with two leaves. Kate nursed it and they brought it back to St. Joseph and planted in the yard of their father, John Strong, editor of St. Joseph Herald, at 204 S. 20th St. Ten years later they replanted it at Mt. Mora Cemetery where their father was buried. The D.A.R. placed a marker on the tree at a later time. There is a news photo of the tree. The tree was 56 years old at the date of publication. 14. St. Joseph Park & Boulevard Scene, Winner in Contest News Photo of persons on horseback riding through park. Caption: This is one of the pictures recently declared winner of first prize at the annual convention of American Park Executives. The convention was held in Louisville. This is a bridle path scene in the St. Joseph park system. This path has been provided in what is known as Hawthorne Park, a thickly wooded section a short distance east of Krug Park, which has been disturbed but little with the woodmen's ax. This park is to be left in its present condition and is to be a sanctuary for birds and small wild animal life. It is on the side of the hill near the Doctor Byrd sanitarium. It is part of the "forest" primeval filled with leafy bowers and woody retreats and provides one of the most charming sections of the park system. 15. Found Shops Here Better, undated Retelling of the 1910 shopping spree of actress Sophie Tucker. While in St. Joseph, she bought $1000 worth of clothing to be worn in New York and London. She was in St. Joseph for performances at the Tootle Theater. 1/Notebook, 3-ring/Section 6

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Tree Planting along Lovers Lane, 1914, Slave burial at Fillmore Cemetery, Pennsylvania House, Ashbrook House, Baggage Wagons, Washington Elm in Mt. Mora Cemetery, Doctor Byrd's Sanitarium, Blackhawk War, Brown Transfer & Storage Company, Buchanan County Courthouse, Calvary Cemetery, City Directory, Crystal Theater, D.A.R., Daughters of the American Revolution, Sidenfaden Embalmers, Eugene Field, Fillmore Cemetery, Franklin School, Frederick Avenue, Funeral Wagons, Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, Highly Spring, Howard Street, Humboldt Elementary School, Interurban Railroad, Robidoux (Joseph) Gravesite, Krug Park, Loss Shoe Repair, Lovers Lane, Madison School, Metropole Hotel, Mexican War, Mt. Mora Cemetery, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Noyes-Norman Fire, 1901, Noyes-Norman Shoe Co., Revolutionary War, Richardson Overall Factory, Union Depot

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Object Name

News Clipping

Publication Details

Author

St. Joseph News-Press & other newspapers

Place Published

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Date Published

1907 - 1979

Call No.

PonyExpress ST

Notes

Date: 1979 Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 29, 2013

Relationships

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Mahlon Ashbrook

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Dora Bates

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Henrietta Berry

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Louise Blondeau

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John B. Brown

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W. A. Brown

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Charles H. Clark

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John Conner

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R. A. Crossland

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Curd, Issac

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John Curd

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James Donelan

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Henry G. Gore

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Oliver Griffin

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E. M. Hansen

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Isabella Ashbrook Harter

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Andrew Haskey, Sr.

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V. Howard

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J. Harvey Jones

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R. O. Kier

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Oliver Knapp

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Samuel Little

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John Maslinski

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James McCord

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W. Riley Murray

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Lula Nye

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E. M. Rice

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Amos W. Riley

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I. Van Riley

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Robidoux, Joseph

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Jules Robidoux

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Robidoux, Louis

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Joseph J. Runski

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Shanks, Susan Ann

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Shanks, W.R.

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Sidenfaden, E.R.

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Slibowski, J.F.

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Smith, William L., Mrs

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Lewis C. Stiles

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Stiles. T.B.

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Strong, John

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Strong, Kate

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Kate Strong Summy

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Terrell, W.F.

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Florence Terry

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Tindal, G.W.

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Tucker, Sophie

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Tuttle, John

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Wall, Johnny

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Witcher, J.S.

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Wood, Wm. H.

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Young School