Vertical Files
The Museum’s “Vertical Files” are a collection of newspaper clippings, photographs, brochures, advertisements and other papers items. The items are stored in manila folders in the Museum’s Bank vault. The following is a list of current subjects in this growing collection.
- Amusements
- Banks
- Bath Houses
- Businesses & Buildings
- Cemeteries
- City Government
- Civic Organizations & Clubs
- Clinics & Hospitals
- Family Files
- Hotels & Apartments
- Military/Wars
- Mineral Water
- Miscellaneous
- Parks
- Railroads
- Religion
- Schools
- Sports
- Streets
- Surrounding Towns
Military Wars
- Civil War
- Quantrell
- World War I
- World War II
- Korean War
- Vietnam
- Iraq War
Mineral Water
- Central Park Lithia Water Company
- Crystal Lithium Spring
- Excelsior Saline Spring
- Excelsior Soda Spring
- Excelsior Spring
- Excelsior Springs Bottling Company
- Excelsior Springs Lithia Spring
- Ferro Manganese Spring
- Fowlers Magniferro Spring
- Grant Spring
- Hall of Waters
- Harr’s Salt Sulphur Spring
- Imperial Lithia
- Jones Soda Well
- Link’s Soda & Sulpho Salt Spring
- Lithia & Soda Saline
- Lithia Manganese
- Lithia No. 1
- Lithiated Soda Spring
- Mee Soda Well
- Mineral Water & Bottling Company
- Mineral Water System
- Natrona Soda Spring
- Park Spring
- Peerless Lithia Spring
- Regent Spring
- Relief Spring
- Salax Spring
- Salax Water Company
- Salt Sea Spring
- Salt Sulphur Spring
- Salt Sulphur Spring at Music Hall
- Saratoga Spring
- Siloam Spring
- Smith Spring
- Soda Saline Spring
- Sulpho Saline Spring
- Sulpho Saline Spring (Elms Park)
- Sulphur Salt Soda Spring
- Sunnyside Spring
- Superior Spring
- Twin Soda Pagoda
- Verdom, Inc.
- Waters of America
- White Sulphur Spring
- Willow Park Lithia Spring
Miscellaneous
- Birthday’s File
- Fishing River
- Lovers Leap
- Pride
Parks
- Central Park
- Century Park
- City Park
- East Valley Park
- Elms Park
- Fishing River Linear Park
- Forest Park
- Isley Park Woods
- James Farm
- Jim E. Piburn Ballfield
- Kent and Outlook Park
- Kibler Park
- Lincoln Park
- Miscellaneous
- Parks & Recreation
- Paul Craig Park
- Piburn Ballfield (formerly Siloam Ballfield)
- Pratt Memorial Park
- Raper Park
- Regent Park
- Siloam Ballfield (now Piburn)
- Siloam Mountain Park
- Sunnyside Park
- Walking Trail
- West Complex
Railroads
- Dummy Line
- K.C. Excelsior Springs & St. Joseph Interurban
- Milwaukee Railroad
- Rock Island Railroad
- Wabash Depot
Religion
- Assembly of God Church
- Bethel Church
- Christian Union Church
- Church of Christ in Christian Union
- Churches (miscellaneous)
- Enon Church
- First Baptist Church #1
- First United Methodist Church
- Flack Memorial Christian Union Church
- Grace Family Worship Center
- Landmark Baptist Church
- Pisgah Church
Schools
- Crescent Lake Christian Academy
- Excelsior Springs High School
- Haynes Academy
- Isley School
- Roosevelt High School
- Wyman School
Sports
- Basketball
- Football
- Mineral Water Bowl
- Wrestling
Streets
- Aerial View
- Broadway Street
- Caldwell Street
- Dunbar Street
- Elizabeth Street
- Excelsior Street
- Garland Avenue
- Henrie Street
- Highland Street
- Horseshoe Bend
- Jesse James Road
- Linden Street
- McGlothlin Addition
Surrounding Towns
- Lawson
- Mosby
- Prathersville
- Rayville
- Vibbard