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"SILVER CITY," A History of the Argentine Community of Kansas City, Kansas
by Edwin Dale Shutt, II

Copyright 1976 by Edwin Dale Shutt II
Printed in the USA by JOELitho, Kansas City, Kansas
A Thesis presented to the Division of Social Sciences
Emporia Kansas State College

Transcription for online preparation: Patricia Adams, USD 500

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgements
Chapter I	Early Beginnings (.pdf)
Chapter II	The Old City of Argentine (.pdf)
Chapter III	The Argentine Smelter  (.pdf)
Chapter IV	Castle on a Hill (.pdf)
Chapter V	The Kansas City Structural Steel Company (.pdf)
Chapter VI	Tales of Floods and Disasters  (.pdf)
Chapter VII	History of the Schools (.pdf)
Chapter VIII	Mr. Argentine  (.pdf)  (bio of J C Harmon)
Chapter IX	The Argentine Community Today  (.pdf)
Appendix I	List of Businesses in the Town of Argentine in 1908   (.pdf)
Appendix II	Partial List of Buildings Constructed in the Greater Kansas City Area by the Kansas City Structural Steel Company  (.pdf)
Appendix III	Community Organizations  (.pdf)
Appendix IV	Partial Listing of Prominent Citizens in the Town's Past and Present  (.pdf)
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USD 500 is grateful to Mr. Edwin Dale Shutt, II, who has graciously granted us permission to use his thesis online at our web site for the benefit of the public viewing this site.

Mr. Shutt is a past president of the Wyandotte County Historical Society and assisted the the KCKs Planning Commission in the narrative, "A Brief History of Wyandotte County".

A copy of Mr. Shutt's book is located at the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library (Main Branch at 625 Minnesota Ave, 913-551-3280; and Argentine Branch at 2800 Metropolitan, 913-722-7400).

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