Long ago on independence square (Kansas City, Union: houses, prices, trains)

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

Time for your "Weekend Where's?" What is the location of this local lake?

Other than a couple of houses the area hasn't changed much!

[Major Tom 58]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

Other than a couple of houses the area hasn't changed much!

[Mad Anthonie]

They are indeed the Mirror Lakes. In days of old that was a pay-to-fish business. I wonder if Paul Henning ever fished there...

[Kev 2732]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

Here is that transmitter site as seen in 1957. Sterling is along the right side, Northern to the left.

Thanks for the photo Mad. My house I grew up in is in the pic, just to the north of the transmitter building. Most of the houses on the north side of the photo on that block of Appleton were built in 1952/53. My family moved there in 1963. Looks much different now with mature trees. Two of some of the oldest oak trees in Independence sit in that area. One is in the picture to the southeast of the tower. The other is at 27th & Appleton-not in the picture.

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by Kev 2732

Thanks for the photo Mad. My house I grew up in is in the pic, just to the north of the transmitter building. Most of the houses on the north side of the photo on that block of Appleton were built in 1952/53. My family moved there in 1963. Looks much different now with mature trees. Two of some of the oldest oak trees in Independence sit in that area. One is in the picture to the southeast of the tower. The other is at 27th & Appleton-not in the picture.

You are certainly welcome. All of us marvel at the changes this old town has undergone, yet how much is still the same.

[Mad Anthonie]

In 1963 this area was mainly farmland. What is there today?

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

Just some glimpses into his life.

He was born in Independence the same year that the first US federal cemetery for Union and Confederate graves opened in the state.

He worked in a drug store as a youngster where Harry S. Truman was a frequent customer.

Truman advised him to go to law school.

He attended law school in Kansas City but his greater ambition was to sing on the radio.

He went to work singing for KMBC radio.

Giving up a law career, he eventually worked on network radio for the Fibber McGee and Molly show, George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Dennis Day Show, and the Ray Bolger Show.

He also did motion picture work. Among his accomplishments, he was nominated for an Academy Award.

He is buried in Missouri and has a state forest named after him.

Correct answer is Paul Henning.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

They are indeed the Mirror Lakes. In days of old that was a pay-to-fish business. I wonder if Paul Henning ever fished there...

What gets me is Number 95 Lake at 19th Terrace North and Redwood Dr. I have looked all over for Number 93, 92, etc. Cannot find them.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

In 1963 this area was mainly farmland. What is there today?

Independence Center

[MRG Dallas]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

Other than a couple of houses the area hasn't changed much!

Ok, now I remember those. Went past many times on the way to Grain Valley. Don't recall ever fishing there, certainly not with Prairie Lee and Jacomo nearby.

Looks like the eastern half of the southern lake has been drained

Anyone recall what it cost to fish there? I seem to remember the billboard(s) along 40 HW, with a southern directional arrow.