Overland Park / Suzee SoldanEls Oberg and the Overland Park Historical Society.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oberg, Suzee SoldanEls., Author.

Contributor:

Overland Park Historical Society.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic buildings--Kansas--Overland Park--Pictorial works.

Historic buildings.

Overland Park (Kan.)--Biography--Pictorial works.

Overland Park (Kan.).

Overland Park (Kan.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.

Overland Park (Kan.)--History--Pictorial works.

Overland Park (Kan.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, maps, portraits.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]

Summary:

In 1906, entrepreneur and New York railroad builder William B. Strang Jr. started a unique suburban housing development seven miles southwest of Kansas City that he named Overland Park. He chose farmland on a high ridge where the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails once crossed and built an interurban railroad for the use of future commuters and real estate customers. Advertised enticements, such as a lake with camping facilities and weekly entertainments, lured thousands of riders on his Strang Line to the new community. In 1909, he arranged for the first area aeroplane flight that astonished and charmed the metropolitan populace. He built the first private airfield in the Midwest, where he held spectacular air shows and extravaganzas like Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. Overland Park has since grown to be the second largest city in Kansas. The highly rated school system has graduated many notable and recognizable figures, such as Paul Rudd, Jason Sudeikis, and former US chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Gen. Richard Myers.

Contents:

In the old days

Rails to suburbia

Abracadabra and it's a town

First trains, then planes and automobiles

Transitions

All good sports

The rest of the story.

OCLC:

885209794