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Originally Posted by Chief_For_Life58
blow, i actually went to the website but didnt really search around much for it
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Elmwood's heyday was from around 1880 to 1930.
The first mayor of KC is buried there (William Gregory) along with several other mayors and politicians, including judges and congressmen.
Families that have streets in KC named after them (Hardesty, McGee, Meyer and Gregory).
Guys who were major business people in their day: The Amour Family plot is there (Armour Meats, Armourdale area in KCK named after the family), Carl Muehlbach started Muehlbach Beer , old Blues/Municipal Stadium was first called "Muehlbach Field," Samuel Woolfe (Woolfe Brothers Clothing), Victor Spears (Spears Apple Juice and Vinegar), Morris Helzberg (Helzberg Diamonds), and Mary Atkins (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art).
Also KC's most famous whore house madam Annie Chambers is buried there, plus KC's first black policeman, William Davis.