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Posts Tagged ‘Johnson County’

Meet Two Kansas Women Who Helped Integrate South Park Elementary School

By | March 11, 2021 | 0
South Park Elementary School in Merriam, Kansas.

Recalling a landmark Johnson County school integration case that came before Brown v. Board of Education.

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Nick’s Picks: Reopening Just in Time for a Summer Like No Other

By | May 18, 2020 | 0
Nick Haines

The Kansas City area is reopening for a summer like no other during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Nick’s Picks: Reopening Week Begins… Now

By | May 11, 2020 | 0
Nick Haines

Life in the Kansas City area is taking it’s first halting steps toward the new normal in the wake of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders.

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Securing the Cornerstone of the Johnson County Land Boom

By | April 15, 2020 | 0
Strang Depot (1930s)

The Overland Park Historical Society is moving into arguably the most historic building in Overland Park – the 1906 depot built by railroad entrepreneur William Strang, Jr.

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How Is ‘Switzer Road’ Really Pronounced?

By | March 2, 2020 | 0
How Is “Switzer Road” Really Pronounced?

curiousKC investigates the history behind the name Switzer Road.

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