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 Online Presentations, Videos and Podcasts 

 This directory provides information on area history and natural resources available solely through online presentations.

 The images and text below are courtesy of the respective web site.

Community Curator
A project ot the Kansas City Museum at Corinthian Hall

The Community Curator program of Kansas City Museum invites historians and history educators to share their perspectives on artifacts they choose from the Museum collection. This provides fresh insight about artifacts and collections of Kansas City Museum and Union Station, and welcomes diverse input from the Kansas City history community.    Website

Johnson County (KS) History

A collaborative presentation of the history of Johnson County, Kansas from the Johnson County Museum and partners.     Website

Kansas Memory

Large digital collection primarily from the Kansas State Historical Society.  Website

The Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative and
the Making of a Common Missouri

Through the Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative, the Missouri State Archives and the Missouri State Library, in partnership with the State Historical Society of Missouri, are assisting institutions across the state in digitizing their records and placing them online for easy access.    Website

Missouri/Kansas Border War Network

Brought to you by the Missouri/Kansas Border War Network, an organization of 20-some museums, libraries, historical societies, historic sites and historians dedicated to sharing the stories of life on the MO/KS Border during the Bleeding Kansas and Border War era of 1854 to 1865. 

Website     YouTube

Slave Life and Culture in Antebellum Missouri

Documentary about slave life and culture in antebellum Missouri by the producer of the DVD, Negros for Hire, a documentary film about slave life and culture in antebellum Missouri.  Information on Negros for Hire, is based on recordings of the Missouri Slave Narratives recorded though the Federal Writers Project.  Website     You Tube

They Came to Fight: African Americans and the Great World War

This exhibition serves as an account of the intersecting historical, social, political and economic contexts that African Americans found themselves in leading up to World War I.  Website

Whatever Happened To Those Old Westerns?

Leave it to the owner to violate the rules!  We try to limit the information on WindingRiver.com to a 22-county Kansas City - St. Joseph area, but this link is too much fun to ignore.  Take a break and enjoy the memories. 
Website



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