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Old 03-30-2021, 07:16 AM
 
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A timely bit of information. There are at least two relevant connections between Mr. Nelson and my story about Mr. Winner.

First person(s) to correctly identify those connections gets a free trolley ride.

The easy answer is Mr. Nelson now resides, permanently, in the Nelson Chapel at Mount Washington Cemetery. But few people realize that on the hill above the chapel, hidden in the woods, is another relic. When Willard Winner built his park on this site he also wanted an art museum. Construction was begun, but stopped when it was only a low stone wall. Remnants may remain up there, covered with woodsy debris. Art that could have been displayed at Washington Park may have ended up at Nelson.
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Old 03-30-2021, 09:20 AM
 
Location: Salt Lake City
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I don't recall off the top of my head if Joseph made it to Independence.
No, he didn't. He was murdered in Illinois.
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Old 04-15-2021, 04:30 PM
 
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Indeed The Point was in Kansas City. High on a bluff. I believe it wasn't too far from Northeast High School.
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Old 04-15-2021, 08:03 PM
 
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Indeed The Point was in Kansas City. High on a bluff. I believe it wasn't too far from Northeast High School.

Welcome to Old Independence Beth Page. We enjoy hearing from others who share their memories of our favorite hometown.

However, I'm drawing a blank concerning The Point. If you recall where in the thread you saw it mentioned would you click the "Quote" button at the bottom right of the post?
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Old 04-16-2021, 10:41 PM
 
Location: Independence, MO
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Indeed The Point was in Kansas City. High on a bluff. I believe it wasn't too far from Northeast High School.
This is interesting. The only place I knew that was called, "The Point" was close to Osceola, MO, at the H. Roe Bartle Boy Scout Reservation. The Point used to overlook the Osage River, but that is no longer true. They turned that valley into a lake. I visited that site about eight or nine years ago. That was my first time there in over 50 years. I need to go back again, but I'm not sure if it will be safe yet this summer.
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Old 04-17-2021, 07:12 AM
 
Location: Germantown, Philadelphia
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This is interesting. The only place I knew that was called, "The Point" was close to Osceola, MO, at the H. Roe Bartle Boy Scout Reservation. The Point used to overlook the Osage River, but that is no longer true. They turned that valley into a lake. I visited that site about eight or nine years ago. That was my first time there in over 50 years. I need to go back again, but I'm not sure if it will be safe yet this summer.
FWIW, the only "Point" I knew in Kansas City wasn't in the Northeast, but at Downtown's northwest corner:

Lewis and Clark Point, the summit of the bluff overlooking the junction of the Kansas and Missouri rivers. They were the first white men to stand atop it, in 1804, and it was from this same point in 1838 that U.S. Sen. Thomas Hart Benton predicted a great city would rise around it.
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Old 05-06-2021, 01:59 PM
 
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BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH........


THERE! I've done my part.........
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Old 05-08-2021, 06:58 AM
 
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BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH........

Was that on the south side of The Square?
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Old 05-08-2021, 01:10 PM
 
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Was that on the south side of The Square?
Yeah, but you had to enter through the back alley and know the secret knock.......
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Old 05-13-2021, 06:50 AM
 
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BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH........


THERE! I've done my part.........
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