Long ago on independence square (Liberty, Clayton: sale, how much, purchase)

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by CatHerder

I was just waiting for them to mention Independence!

There is, apparently, a 10 worst cities video for each state in the Union.

I was looking at the video for the 10 worst cities in Kansas and I believe it was Fort Scott, Ks, where they said it was a meth paradise. The narrator said the perpetrators made enough to send to Jackson County, Missouri.

[pearjas]

If you're in town, how about getting a haircut here Mad? WCHS59?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/indepe...posted-public/

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by pearjas

If you're in town, how about getting a haircut here Mad? WCHS59?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/indepe...posted-public/

Sorry, you're a week late. I have already been clipped.

Have you started working on your Polly assignment?

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by pearjas

If you're in town, how about getting a haircut here Mad? WCHS59?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/indepe...posted-public/

Looks like that place is in the former home of B&G Computers on the west side of 100 s block of Main at about 106.

At one time, the sidewalk just north of there was an outdoor bus stop for the Independence city line. Later the stop moved to an inside wait at Lynn and Main--Something like a poor man's stop ala the current bus station at Memorial Drive and Truman. But at Lynn and Main you could order ham and eggs or a burger and wait on your bus while you were eating.

[WCHS'59]

In local jargon what do the locals call Highashimurayama Drive??

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

In local jargon what do the locals call Highashimurayama Drive??

I don't recall ever hearing anyone refer to that street. Most probably don't know it exists, or just call it "the street in front of City Hall".

[CaseyMO]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

I nominate Pearjas as our official investigative reporter. He is on the Square daily, so he can find out more about where Polly's Pop can be purchased, if they ship to far-off places, and such. We also want photos of the bottling line and the bottled product.

Someone may have already addressed this, but Polly's is being bottled and is or shortly, will be, on sale at a store on Liberty St. next to where the old Jones Store used to be. I cannot recall the name of the store, but it is something like, McKinley and Co. I need to get up there and find out how much they will be charging and what the minimum purchase will be.

[WCHS'59]

This is a historical question that can be simply be answered as either “true” or “false.”

Jackson County was established in 1826. Independence was established as the county seat in 1827 and the Jackson County courthouse was built that same year.

Eventually, in Independence, a five story building would be built on the southeast corner of Lexington and Liberty Streets. Of course, the founders would be completely unaware of this fact but what they did have back then was a deer species that was seemingly all over the place and a deer species that could jump very high.

True or false: The deer that populated the Jackson County area in the 1820s could jump higher than the five story building that would eventually be built in Independence.

[WCHS'59]

Does anyone know where the “springs” in the name Blue Springs are located? Or are even still around?

The 1881 history of Jackson County says the spring was on a hillside and flowed down to an unnamed tributary of the Little Blue River.

A post office and village named Blue Springs was erected about three quarters of a mile northwest of the spring. The town stayed there until 1879 when it was “moved to the railroad.”

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

Does anyone know where the “springs” in the name Blue Springs are located? Or are even still around?

The 1881 history of Jackson County says the spring was on a hillside and flowed down to an unnamed tributary of the Little Blue River.

A post office and village named Blue Springs was erected about three quarters of a mile northwest of the spring. The town stayed there until 1879 when it was “moved to the railroad.”

My feeble memory (unaided by any reference material) seems to recollect the original town being located west of the current downtown. Today the site is a city park, called Burrus Old Mill Park. The RR announced that they would build their depot about a mile east of the town site, so the center of town picked up and moved. The mystery part of that story is why the town was moved east, when the C&A tracks ran along the northern edge of that park (and still do).