Joplin's Connor Hotel
Joplin's Connor Hotel

Author: Chad Stebbins

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021-02-15

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1467147672

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"Determind to build 'the finest hostelry in the Southwest, ' Joplin's first millionaire spared no expense on the magnificent Connor Hotel. The lobby, with its Italian marble rotunda and grand staircase, would serve as the city's main gathering spot for the next fifty years. Thousands flocked to the rooftop garden, which became known as the 'most pleasant spot in all Joplin.' ... Local residents rallied to 'Save the Connor' in the 1970s but could not stop its demolition and the tragic ending that caught the nation's attention."--Back cover

Connor Towers Motor Hotel
Connor Towers Motor Hotel

Author: Nancy B. Breme

Publisher:

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 8

ISBN-13:

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An evaluation to determine whether the Connor Towers Motor Hotel in Joplin, Missouri should be removed from the National Register of Historic Places, so that it could be torn down to make way for a new public library to be built on the site. The author's recommendation was that it should not be removed from the National Register because the original integrity of the building remained, although it was lacking in maintenance. Includes 10 black & white photographs of the exterior and interior of the building. The hotel eventually collapsed one day before it was scheduled for demolition in November 1978.

Joplin
Joplin

Author: Leslie Simpson

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738583228

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After the discovery of lead along Joplin Creek in southwest Missouri, a rowdy boomtown sprang up overnight. Named after the creek, it paid homage to itinerant minister Harris Joplin, who had settled there briefly in the 1840s. Two rival towns developed: Murphysburg, west of the creek, and Joplin to the east. They merged and incorporated as Joplin in 1873. The town swelled from a mining camp into a thriving city, populated by American and European fortune seekers. Construction of trolley and rail lines furthered the economic growth of Joplin, the zinc and lead capital of the world. The city later gained fame as a stop on historic Route 66. During World War II, Joplin provided an oasis for soldiers in training at Camp Crowder, 20 miles south of town. The post-World War II years ushered in the construction of Interstate 44, suburbanization, and the commercial development of Range Line Road.

The Rotarian
The Rotarian

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1917-07

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13:

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Established in 1911, The Rotarian is the official magazine of Rotary International and is circulated worldwide. Each issue contains feature articles, columns, and departments about, or of interest to, Rotarians. Seventeen Nobel Prize winners and 19 Pulitzer Prize winners – from Mahatma Ghandi to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – have written for the magazine.

Fair Labor Standards Act
Fair Labor Standards Act

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Labor Standards

Publisher:

Published: 1957

Total Pages: 1604

ISBN-13:

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