The
Spring 2005 JOURNAL of the Jackson County Historical Society features A Lady
Revealed in the Last Years of a Woman of Uncertain Reputation:
The Story of Louise Heorath by
Byron Christopher Shutz
We’re thankful for our
contributors (current and future) for allowing us to share their writings
with you. Each one presents an informative chapter in our area’s colorful
history. Louise Heorath did not talk about her past. Enigmatic, a successful businesswoman whose inevitable place in Kansas City history went against her wishes, she remained unheralded until her death in 1938. To disguise her true identity, she took a name not her own. Here is recounted the “second life� of Cora Totty, a contemporary of Kansas City madam Annie Chambers. A fifth generation Missourian, Byron Christopher Shutz is author of the book, “Terror at the Door: A Story of the Missouri-Kansas Border Conflict, 1859-1861.� Shutz is a member and supporter of the Jackson County Historical Society, and has established a personal manuscript collection in the Society’s archives. Websites offering more information: Kansas City
River Market Businesses Kansas
City Public Library catalog search for Annie Chambers Queen
of the Kansas City Red Lights Kansas City Star’s
Millennium Stories Book
about Annie Chambers by Lenore Carroll To order this JOURNAL edition, subscribe or join JCHS click
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