Long ago on independence square (Liberty, Jackson: loan, house, YMCA)

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

It would appear that I haven't triggered any memories, which is rather surprising! Perhaps a wider view would help...





Now at least two of you should be slapping yourselves upon the forehead!

Photo taken more than fifty years ago. The site is not within the city limits of Independence--is that correct?

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

Photo taken more than fifty years ago. The site is not within the city limits of Independence--is that correct?

It is indeed within the city limits, and even at the time of the photos had been for many years.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

It is indeed within the city limits, and even at the time of the photos had been for many years.

Only thing I can come close to is the Alton Plaza in the lower left. 23rd and Crysler in the lower right.

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

Only thing I can come close to is the Alton Plaza in the lower left. 23rd and Crysler in the lower right.

Hey MRGDallas and CaseyMO, do y'all agree?

[Major Tom 58]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

Hey MRGDallas and CaseyMO, do y'all agree?

I'm neither one of the them but I agree after cking bing and Google maps.

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by Major Tom 58

I'm neither one of the them but I agree after cking bing and Google maps.

They must be napping! It is indeed the Alton Plaza Shopping Center.

Your new quiz will be tougher. What is the connection between the two structures circled in this view? (It is the same area as before.)

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

In the old, but not so old, days, a group of 200 Independence citizens met at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building at Pleasant and Maple. A corporation was formed called the Centennial Company.

A local automobile dealer took the helm of this company, which had a goal of building a project that would potentially be of benefit to every citizen in the city. Funding was obtained from a New York firm.

The local company spent well over a million dollars on a project that was an overwhelming and resounding success.

Three years later, however, this local company let their project go for only thirty-six percent of its original cost.

What was the project?

Development of the Little Blue Valley?

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

Development of the Little Blue Valley?

No, that is not it. It is more or less gone but still beneficial to many Independence residents, today.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

They must be napping! It is indeed the Alton Plaza Shopping Center.

Your new quiz will be tougher. What is the connection between the two structures circled in this view? (It is the same area as before.)

The Noland house on Forest Street is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The old relocated C&A depot is a local Historic Landmark Property

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

One first had to own something in order to make good use of this item—although if one had a strong tree in the yard, use could be made there also.


After the turn of the century, this place was the first ever proprietorship in Independence to sell these things when the market was rather slow but steadily improved.


The business was first situated at Main and White Oak where today there is a parking lot but eventually moved to the two hundred block of west Maple, where today there is a parking lot.


What was the name of the proprietorship and what was it selling?


I remember the name vividly because granddaughter Julie was a semi-finalist in a McCoy School 3rd grade classroom multiplication contest in 1949 and after the final I have never gotten over the fact that she beat me by a hair.

Schulenberg Tire Shop selling tires.