Long ago on independence square (Kansas City, St. Louis: wildlife, attorney, house)

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Page 701 begins with: Where was the first airport in the Kansas City area and what is its present name?

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Who is this guy?

Tim Edwards, born in Nashville in 1875, was not his real name—but he used that name for many years to hide his real identity.

He was forced to go to work at age eleven in order to support his family.

A family relative had once been incarcerated in Independence, MO.

He subsequently grew up in Kansas City and opened a pawn shop and a cigar store.

Even when he revealed his true identity, he was still called “Tim.”

In 1899 he was arrested for the robbery of a Missouri Pacific train in the Leeds area just west of the current Truman Sports Complex, but was acquitted.

After his acquittal, he studied law, passed the bar exam, and became a Kansas City lawyer. Also, after his acquittal, he wrote a book about a relative. In 2012, a book was written about Tim and his trial.

He moved to California in 1920 to practice law and in 1921 he starred as a relative in two movies. His sister also had a starring role in one of those movies.

He is currently listed under IMBd [Internet Movie Database] as an actor.

He opened a restaurant in California, and he passed away in Los Angeles in 1951 at age 76. He is buried in Forest Lawn cemetery.

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

Who is this guy?

Tim Edwards, born in Nashville in 1875, was not his real name—but he used that name for many years to hide his real identity.

He was forced to go to work at age eleven in order to support his family.

A family relative had once been incarcerated in Independence, MO.

He subsequently grew up in Kansas City and opened a pawn shop and a cigar store.

Even when he revealed his true identity, he was still called “Tim.”

In 1899 he was arrested for the robbery of a Missouri Pacific train in the Leeds area just west of the current Truman Sports Complex, but was acquitted.

After his acquittal, he studied law, passed the bar exam, and became a Kansas City lawyer. Also, after his acquittal, he wrote a book about a relative. In 2012, a book was written about Tim and his trial.

He moved to California in 1920 to practice law and in 1921 he starred as a relative in two movies. His sister also had a starring role in one of those movies.

He is currently listed under IMBd [Internet Movie Database] as an actor.

He opened a restaurant in California, and he passed away in Los Angeles in 1951 at age 76. He is buried in Forest Lawn cemetery.

J. J. Jr.

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

Cusenbery Springs became Fairmount Park, which would be the Sugar Creek/Fairmount area.

Give yourself a point, or buy yourself a brownie; you are correct.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

J. J. Jr.

Jesse James Jr, indeed.

[WCHS'59]

The train robbery that Jesse James Jr. was arrested for took place on the Missouri Pacific line. On September 25, 1898, a seven car passenger train left Union station at 9:15 pm headed south for Coffeyville, Kansas.

The train was stopped near Brush creek about two and a half miles south of Centropolis where it was robbed by a band of seven white men wearing black masks at 9:40.

They uncoupled the engine and express car and ran them down the track for a mile and a half. There they blew up the express car. Two robbers stayed behind with the passengers but none of them were robbed.

The express car explosion was intense enough that it was heard at 25th and prospect in Kansas City.

The marshal’s office received a telephone call at 10:40 pm concerning the robbery.

Marshal Chiles and a small posse responded almost immediately. They subsequently went to the Crackerneck area scouring the homes there asking questions.

The Kansas City police were also investigating, however, neither they nor Marshal Chiles had jurisdiction over the investigation.

If fact, the investigators refused to share their information with the marshal and, in fact, did not welcome his "interference." If Jackson County Marshal Chiles had been in office in 1924, he would have been called Jackson County Sheriff Chiles.

The office doing the investigation ceased to exist 99 years later to be replaced by another department.

What office was doing the investigation?

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

Page 701 begins with: Where was the first airport in the Kansas City area and what is its present name?

The first Kansas City area airport is now R. J. Roper Stadium, in Sugar Creek.

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It was huge at 382 acres.

It was covered with "blue grass rocks as big as houses."

It had a place called Bald Nob.

There were "thousands of trees," a 20 acre lake with steam powered boats, and a baseball field with bleachers.

There was also a bandstand and a restaurant.

Admission was free and uniformed watchmen regularly patrolled the grounds.

During a veterans celebration, 40,000 people passed through the park in two days.

The park had its sails knocked out when the Air line RR went to the new Fairmount Park and this park soon passed into history becoming something else.

What was the name of this park and what did it become?

[MRG Dallas]

Electric Park?

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

It was huge at 382 acres.

It was covered with "blue grass rocks as big as houses."

It had a place called Bald Nob.

There were "thousands of trees," a 20 acre lake with steam powered boats, and a baseball field with bleachers.

There was also a bandstand and a restaurant.

Admission was free and uniformed watchmen regularly patrolled the grounds.

During a veterans celebration, 40,000 people passed through the park in two days.

The park had its sails knocked out when the Air line RR went to the new Fairmount Park and this park soon passed into history becoming something else.

What was the name of this park and what did it become?

Washington Park became Mount Washington Cemetery. It was built by Willard Winner, namesake of Winner Road. His Dummy Line ran past the park.