general sterling price came up , then gotansas whipped in westport headed back down south. general price was a two-term governor of the state of missouri before the civil war. that means a governor attacking his own state. what put him in this position was the union army out of st. louis, missouri into jefferson city and they ran the elected legislature out of our statehouse before they could secede from the union. when that happened, they declared martial law in the state. mr. price took control of the militia and proper the confederacy. our legislature went into arkansas, seceded from the union , but was never recognized or official. we are headed to the city limits of independence. here we go. give me a yee haa. this is the city limits of independence in 1845, ruby avenue. some folks think it was named after a lady named ruby. it was named after a colonel named ruby who own the farm. he cut this road originally at ground level so he could sell on the south side of the road to some of the four men who work for the flour mill. truman'so bess workplace. desperate place. it