abner dean had been a captain in the union army. think his story after the civil war, abner dean became a rallying point for people in western missouri because he wanted to heal. he wanted our communities to move on and move into the future. the other thing that drove silence during this period in 1865 and beyond was what i call on the exhibit the commercial engine. before the civil war began kansas city, independence, saint joe, leavenworth, west point harrisonville, all of these towns were vying to drive growth , commercial growth, economic growth, west. when the civil war ended, this emphasis on growth and the future reenergized those 90,000 new people that we had. it also caused people's focus to move forward and let go of the past. it was a natural consequence. the metamorphosis of western missouri was really driven by what happened in kansas city. one of the reasons why the burnt district fell by the wayside is because missouri had such a terrible reputation during the civil war that when you were trying to build a new city an

abner dean had been a captain in the union army. i think his story after the civil war, abner dean became a rallying point for people in western missouri because he wanted to heal. he wanted our communities to move on and move into the future. the other thing that drove silence during this period in 1865 and beyond was what i call on the exhibit the commercial engine. before the civil war began kansas city, independence, saint joe, leavenworth, west point harrisonville, all of these towns were vying to drive growth, commercial growth, economic growth, west. when the civil war ended, this emphasis on growth and the future reenergized those 90,000 new people that we had. it also caused people's focus to move forward and let go of the past. it was a natural consequence. the metamorphosis of western missouri was really driven by what happened in kansas city. one of the reasons why the burnt district fell by the wayside is because missouri had such a terrible reputation during the civil war that when you were trying to build a new city a

on this day in 1819, american war hero and mythical baseball creator abner doubleday was born.he ordered the first shots of the civil war as a general for the union but became more famous for something he didn't actually do - invent baseball. the fact he didn't actually come up with the sport didn't stopaseball from naming the field at the hall of fame "doubleday field" 155 later a yankee captain was born june 26, 1974. derek jeter won five world championships in new york - ranked sixth all-time in hits when he retired and became the face of one of the world's most valuable franchises. for the likes of jeter. baseball's only black three- time mvp died on this day in 1993. he hall of fame catcher was just the sixth black player in the history of the sport. thomas anderson. the six-time oscar nominee has directed films like "there will be blood," "boogie nights," and fellow filmmaker and author nora ephron died on this day 2012 women's rights movement in the '70s and '80s and wroter directed films like "when harry met sally," you've got mail," and "sleepless in seattle." and one