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Independence (City and countyseat of Jackson)

a city and countyseat of Jackson co., Mo.; on the Chicago and Alton, the Kansas City Southern, and the Missouri Pacific railroads; 4 miles S. of the Missouri river, and 10 miles E. of Kansas City. It is the seat of St. Mary's Academy. The city has public high school, public library, Washington and Fairmount Parks, electric light plants, a National and other banks, and many important industrial establishments. Independence was occupied by the Mormons in 1831-1838, and during this period was a noted rendezvous for their emigrants. Its nearness to Kansas City makes many of its business interests Publishers' Photo Service A STREET SCENE IN DELHI, CAPITAL OF INDIA Enc. Vol. 5-p. 137 Publishers' Photo Service A BRIDGE OF RAWHIDE ROPE ACROSS THE SRINAGAR RIVER, INDIA Publishers' Photo Service A GROUP OF SNAKE CHARMERS, INDIA Publishers' Photo Service ELEPHANTS READY FOR A STATE PARADE IN DELHI, INDIA Brown & Dawson THE DOMES OF THE PEARL MOSQUE, AGRA, INDIA Publishers' Photo Service INDIANS AND LLAMAS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF PERU Photo Brown Bros.

INDIANS FROM PATAGONIA, SOUTH AMERICA Underwood & Underwood POTTERY MAKING BY HOPI INDIAN WOMEN IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST Publishers' Photo Service AMERICAN INDIANS FROM THE INTERIOR OF PERU i63 INDEPENDENCE INDEX NUMBERS common with those of that city. Pop. radical sign to denote the degree of the (1910) 9,859; (1920) 11,686.