During the 1840s and 1850s; many of the pioneers and much of the supplies they needed for overland trips west from Independence on the Oregon; California; and Santa Fe Trails arrived at Wayne City Landing; the steamboat port on the Missouri River in what is now Sugar Creek. In 1892; Arthur Stillwell; a Kansas City railroad man; founded Fairmount Park; a first-class pleasure resort in the southern part of Sugar Creek that would be popular until the 1930s. Standard Oil of Indiana purchased land at the north end of Sugar Creek in 1903 and built a major refinery that would dominate the town until it ceased operations in 1982. Sugar Creek�s early growth evolved around the refinery; and in 1920; the Jackson County Court established the City of Sugar Creek. This book illustrates the history of Sugar Creek in more than 200 vintage images; detailing the people; businesses; churches; schools; and community services that have shaped the town�s past.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. This was my Great Aunt;s homeBy Floyd D ArmstrongThanks for book. it was my great aunts home. Very good I have never seen this book before. do you also have biography of Della Tovera Stuart?Dean Armstrong1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CherThis was a gift and the receiver thinks it great.3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Interesting Trip Back into Time -By Loyd EskildsonTovrea Castle is a Phoenix landmark started by Alessio Carraro in 1929 and intended as a resort near the Salt River. The Great Depression brought funding problems. and it was purchased by E. A. Tovrea in 1931. Tovreas family continued the construction and added a nearby feed-lot and packing plant for cattle. (The packing plant was eventually acquired by Cudahy. and I worked there part-time for awhile.) Tovreas widow lived in the castle until her death in 1969 after a robbery attempt in which she shot a hole in the ceiling that remains to this day.Tovrea Castle provides an excellent collection of photos taken at the site over the years.
