Long ago on independence square (Kansas City, Liberty: appointed, crime, motel)

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

A very famous stand of trees in another state might help with the answer.

A wagon maker gone electric might also help with the answer.

The stand of 5,000 closely situated pine trees are in the "Land of Indians" and have a message of their own.







All of these addresses have held Studebaker new car dealerships at one time or another. The date listed does not represent the only year a dealer was at the location but is a known year being there.

The Studebaker Wagon Company in their first years in the auto business made nothing but electric automobiles.

Indiana is the “Land of Indians” and in St. Joseph County at Bendix Woods (named for that Bendix) is the stand of 5,000 trees that spell out “STUDEBAKER,” plainly seen from the air. The location is near the former Studebaker proving grounds, which were sold to Bendix. Later Bendix donated the location to the county.

301 s Main, Noland Brothers Studebaker, existed in 1912. The brothers, Tom and Herb, sold their poker playing friend Judge Harry S Truman a Studebaker from this site.

125 e Lexington, Sam Miller Motor Company, existed in 1940.

322 w Maple, Lund Motors, went out in 1958 and afterward may have been the original location of Blue Valley Studebaker. Prior to Lund Motors, the location was home to Charles Dennis Studebaker.

310 w Maple, Allen Motor Car Company, existed 1911.

123 s Liberty, Glaud L. Smith Auto Company, existed in 1938. The name in advertisements is actually Glaud rather than Claud.

815 w Lexington, Blue Valley Studebaker. In 1964, Harry Ek the owner won an all-expense paid 10-day trip in a nationwide contest on salesmanship. If the trip was sponsored by Studebaker, it must have been some type of accomplishment considering the condition of the Studebaker company at the time. Studebaker ceased operations in 1967.

A 1950 Studebaker Champion Coupe with automatic transmission was purchased in 2010 on the History Channel show American Pickers. The car was trailered to the show’s Antique Archeology location in LeClaire, Iowa, where it was sold by Danielle, the gal with all the tattoos, to an individual in Independence for $3,500. The car underwent a “modern” restoration by Holler’s Hot Rod’s on west South Avenue in Independence and was offered for sale.

The ten-day trip was to Spain.

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

A very famous stand of trees in another state might help with the answer.

A wagon maker gone electric might also help with the answer.

The stand of 5,000 closely situated pine trees are in the "Land of Indians" and have a message of their own.







All of these addresses have held Studebaker new car dealerships at one time or another. The date listed does not represent the only year a dealer was at the location but is a known year being there.

The Studebaker Wagon Company in their first years in the auto business made nothing but electric automobiles.

Indiana is the “Land of Indians” and in St. Joseph County at Bendix Woods (named for that Bendix) is the stand of 5,000 trees that spell out “STUDEBAKER,” plainly seen from the air. The location is near the former Studebaker proving grounds, which were sold to Bendix. Later Bendix donated the location to the county.

301 s Main, Noland Brothers Studebaker, existed in 1912. The brothers, Tom and Herb, sold their poker playing friend Judge Harry S Truman a Studebaker from this site.

125 e Lexington, Sam Miller Motor Company, existed in 1940.

322 w Maple, Lund Motors, went out in 1958 and afterward may have been the original location of Blue Valley Studebaker. Prior to Lund Motors, the location was home to Charles Dennis Studebaker.

310 w Maple, Allen Motor Car Company, existed 1911.

123 s Liberty, Glaud L. Smith Auto Company, existed in 1938. The name in advertisements is actually Glaud rather than Claud.

815 w Lexington, Blue Valley Studebaker. In 1964, Harry Ek the owner won an all-expense paid 10-day trip in a nationwide contest on salesmanship. If the trip was sponsored by Studebaker, it must have been some type of accomplishment considering the condition of the Studebaker company at the time. Studebaker ceased operations in 1967.

A 1950 Studebaker Champion Coupe with automatic transmission was purchased in 2010 on the History Channel show American Pickers. The car was trailered to the show’s Antique Archeology location in LeClaire, Iowa, where it was sold by Danielle, the gal with all the tattoos, to an individual in Independence for $3,500. The car underwent a “modern” restoration by Holler’s Hot Rod’s on west South Avenue in Independence and was offered for sale.

I'd have gotten it if you had given me another month! A quick look on Google Maps shows the trees still know how to spell!

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

I'd have gotten it if you had given me another month! A quick look on Google Maps shows the trees still know how to spell!

Chuckle.

I was surprised that Studebaker, over the years, had so many different locations in Independence. But maybe they were better cars in the early days.

My understanding is that Nash proposed the merger of Nash, Hudson, Studebaker, and Packard into a new corporation called American Motors, which most of us old timers recall was actually the merger of Nash and Hudson.

Studebaker and Packard refused and instead merged into Studebaker-Packard.

If Nash, Hudson, Studebaker, and Packard had merged into American Motors, it would have become number 3 of the Big 3. American Motors would have been larger than Chrysler.

[WCHS'59]

Stanberry Highlight, Stanberry, Missouri, July 10, 1930.


In a public response to the Automobile Club of Missouri concerning that organization’s desire for police departments in Missouri to refrain from treating out of state motorists as if they were felons when they were actually guilty of a minor traffic offense.

A number of departments pledged similar courteous treatment including Excelsior Springs, Chillicothe, Macon, Moberly, Sedalia, Richmond Heights, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Maplewood.

[WCHS'59]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOzDNvaR0kY


High speed police chase through Independence in December 2016

[WCHS'59]

Macon Chronicle-Herald, Macon, Missouri, June 8, 1936


Harry Thurman was the elected constable of Blue Township. As such he would be reporting to Jackson County Sheriff James Williams. There may have been some bad blood between the two causing the constable to want to work with D. O. Cato, chief of Independence police, although Independence would not have had jurisdiction.

Maybe, the sheriff dismissed the blood in the first place. Four years later according to the Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, the Jackson County sheriff had a sign posted on a Jackson County jail cell in the basement of the Independence courthouse stating that only the sheriff had sole supervision of the cell. The sign contained information that anyone using the cell without authority would be prosecuted. The sheriff charged that Constable Thurman was using the jail without authorization.

A month after the date of this newspaper article, Constable Thurman began suffering from a severe headache. After one week of pain, he went to a doctor and according to the Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, the doctor determined he had a fractured skull.

E.K. Hollis the man finding the blood soaked sand might have had a shop on west Lexington.

[daddymouse]

These are great. Keep them coming!

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

I have some more that I can post.

I don't exactly recall D.O. Cato as police chief but do remember Cato real estate.

I have seen D.O. Cato mentioned as being chief as early as 1930. Dont know when he was first elected.

Cato was defeated by Henry Williams in 1952, whom I do recall and met him once. Williams was a Democrat as was Cato, but Cato was sponsored by the Republican Party in that '52 election. I wonder how many times that has ever happened.

D.O. Cato resigned as Independence Police Chief in 1943 due to a rift with Mayor Roger T. Sermon, who held the mayor's office for 26 years from 1924 to 1950, or so.

He was "resurrected" by the Republicans for the 1952 election.

[daddymouse]

My memory is that he was Chief from 1930 until 1944. I have no knowledge of anything in 1952! Interesting!

[WCHS'59]

More information on D.O. Cato's 1952 run

Kansas City Times, January 19, 1952