It was hoped that others would be inspired to begin the recording of more recent events and family ties.
It was evident that a great deal more work would have to be done to correct and validate these facts. She began to look for material.Īt that time, 1966, the compilation was an endeavor to compress five years of research and the contents of three thick notebooks into several hundred pages of recorded stories and the piecing together of other facts. In 1966, as a newcomer, twenty-four years as a resident, to the Raytown community, the writer was consumed with curiosity concerning the history of her adopted city, could find few stories concerning this area. (ARCHIVIST NOTE: This copy is directly from digital records supplied by the Bonnewitz estate and the blank pages are as found.)
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