*A Short History of Pleasant Hill
*Story of the 1939 Pleasant Hill Film
*History of the Pleasant Hill Historical Society

Notes:

The Photograph on this page is of the Caboose located by the Depot in downtown Pleasant Hill.

Our next meeting is Sunday, October 18th at 2:30 at the museum. Visitors are welcome!

Program: To be determined.

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BOARD MEMBERS

President:
Bev Kennedy
Treasurer:
Eleanor Dinges
Secretary:
Elaine Sexson
Vice-President:
June King
Member-at-Large:
Nelson Gipson
Curator:
Robert Kennedy

LINKS


CASS COUNTY FAMILY HISTORY GUILD

LIST OF NAMES IN 'WW II SCRAPBOOK' (ON ROOTSWEB)
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Welcome to the Pleasant Hill (Missouri) Historical Society's Website.    

The Pleasant Hill Historical Society is located in Cass County, Missouri. Our purpose is to preserve and illustrate the history of the Pleasant Hill area. We have extensive genealogy materials for this region, including Family Surname Clipping files. We are an all-volunteer organization and need more volunteers. We are a 501(c)(3) Educational Tax-Exempt organization, and welcome your donations to support our Museum operating expenses and our Museum Addition Building Fund.

We operate a museum at 125 Wyoming Street, in the Historic Downtown area of Pleasant Hill. It is approximately 1000 sq. ft of wall to wall artifacts and research materials. Some exhibits are packed away until adequate room is available for display. We are currently raising money to build an addition that would triple our size, add handicapped accessibility, more display space, a research area and a work area. We welcome your generous donations to this effort.

GREAT NEWS!!

The Historical Society & the Pleasant Hill Community received a challenge from the Goppert Foundation in June of 2007, which requires us to raise $200,000 by June, 2010, in order to qualify for a $50,000 “End-Grant” for building the addition to our Museum. We started with approximately $50,000 already in the building fund, and it has grown to over $78,000, plus a promised $40,000 grant from the Mary Margaret Ledwidge Community Fund. This leaves $82,000 still to be raised.

We welcome all donations to this fund. We are bursting at the seams and desperately need more space.

 
OUR COLLECTIONS 

  • Interesting displays of pictures and artifacts related to the Pleasant Hill area and individuals who have lived here.

  • Extensive collection of obituaries of individuals from the Pleasant Hill area.

  • Family files of clippings of all kinds, starting in the early 1900's, from the Pleasant Hill Times newspaper and continuing through today.

  • Extensive collection of photographs dating from the late 1800's. We have completed indexing all of over 8000 photographs in our collection, by name, title and other pertinent features of each photograph. This index should enhance our ability to find pictures for those researching their families. The index will be expanded as more individuals and features are identified.

  • Collection of family research done for others by members of the society.
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    PUBLICATIONS
    (Proceeds from our publications support both the Museum-Addition Building Fund and the operating expenses of the Museum.)

    • "A Pictorial History of Pleasant Hill, Missouri" - $39.95 (This is a hardbound, 128 page book of pictures from the late 19th Century to 1960.)

    • "Index to Pictorial History Book" - $1.00

    • "Mayors of Pleasant Hill" - $7.00

    • NEW! "History of the Pleasant Hill Schools" by Mildred Blevens (Expanded and Updated Version for sale now!) - $12.00 Coil Binding or $10.00 Taped Binding

    • "Wartime Pleasant Hill" (Includes letters written home by our soldiers during WWII) - $12.00

    • "Pleasant Hill War Casualties" (Covers WWI, WWII, and the Korean Conflict) - $5.00

    • "Cruel Wheels: Death & Injury by Trains" (History of Train Tragedies in the Pleasant Hill vicinity) by Robert Kennedy - $8.00

    • "Pleasant Hill World War II Scrapbook" (322 pages of newspaper photos and clippings of most soldiers from this area) by Robert Kennedy - $30.00

    • "Civil War Diaries of Irvin Parker & C.B. Lotspeich, including an account of the 'Red River Campaign', from Mansfield to Pleasant Hill, LA", compiled by Robert Kennedy and Robert Lotspeich - $15.00

    • Pleasant Hill 1939 Video (VHS or DVD - approx. 1 hour, this historic treasure was accidentally discovered, then transferred from 16 mm film to VHS & DVD.) - $16.00

    • "The Old Town of Pleasant Hill" by Robert Benson (Revised) - $4.00

    • Index to “Echoes of Home” by Marjorie Pearce Buckner - $4.00

    • "Echoes of Home", by Norma Rouse Middleton (over 300 pages) available for purchase - $30

    • "Addresses, Streets & Names of Pleasant Hill from the 1928 Phone Book" (Indexed by Street Name & House Number) - $5.00

    • Pleasant Hill Museum’s 25 Year Commemorative Key-Ring (Made of Laser-Engraved Wood - great Christmas Ornament!) - $5.00

    Please inquire about postage before ordering and include your zip code, so it can be calculated.

    		  MEMBERSHIP

    We have the following Memberships Available:

  • $10.00 Annual Adult Member (Jan 1 - Dec 31)
  • $5.00 Annual Youth Member (Jan 1 - Dec 31)
  • $100.00 Life Membership
  • $25.00 Business Membership (Includes Plaque)

    Send to Address at the bottom of this page.

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    • "The Magician & the Gambler" by Karl Johnson - Hardback Book $26 (plus postage)

      This book, includes events that took place in Pleasant Hill during the 20's & 30's, while telling the tale of the famous magician, Dai Vernon's search for Allen "Bill" Kennedy of Pleasant Hill. Kennedy was the master of "The Center Deal." (Entire cost of book goes into the Building Fund!)

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    NOTES

    We sadly report that Nelson Gipson, long time board member of the Pleasant Hill Historical Society died in May, 2009. He was always a willing volunteer at all of our functions.

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    QUARTERLY MEETINGS

    We meet the 3rd Sunday of January, April, July, & October at 2:30 PM at the Museum (125 Wyoming in downtown Pleasant Hill).

    Vistors are encouraged to attend. We try to have programs of interest to the entire community.

    		  MUSEUM HOURS

    • Monday 1:30 to 3:30 PM

    • Wed & Fri 3:30 to 5:30 PM
    • 2nd Sat of Month 10:00 to 3:00 PM

    We are happy to make appointments to fit your schedule.

     

    VISITING THE MUSEUM

    We welcome all visitors and can arrange special tours and meetings for organizations and family groups. Call ahead when you are planning a visit to our community and we can arrange a special time to meet you at the museum for you to research your family and we will try to locate some materials before you arrive.

    Call 816-540-4010 or 816-529-6088 for further information.


     
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