Rosecrans Memorial Airport history

The Platte Purchase joined his land to the state of Missouri in 1837.

The first known lawman was Constable Howell Thomas in 1845.

Additional growth commenced in 1859, when the railroad reached St Joseph assuring its role as a supply and distribution point to the entire western half of the country.

On April 3, 1860, three men, Russell, Majors and Waddel founded the Pony Express which carried the United States Mail and the news to Sacramento, California.

Chicago, Ill., Biographical publishing company, 1904.

In 1922 the first Rosecrans Field was opened at Lake Contrary.

In 1936, the first one-way radio communication was installed, and the call letters were KQBW.

The 1939 airport was developed by the city as a municipal airport.

With the establishment of an independent United States Air Force in 1947, the military facilities became part of the newly established Air National Guard.

In 1948 much of the airfield's facilities were conveyed to the city, with the exception of 142 acres (0.57 km2) set aside for use by the Air National Guard.

The last scheduled commercial airline service at the airport was in 1969, three years before the opening of Kansas City International Airport, 30 miles (48 km) south of downtown St Joseph via Interstate 29.

Since 1983 the AATTC has hosted an annual Tactics Symposium at Rosecrans ANGB as a forum for providing crosstalk across the tactics community.

In 1986, the department moved to the combined Law Enforcement Center at 501 Faraon Street, with the County Sheriff's Department, complete with the latest technological developments.

In 1994, the diagonal runway, Runway 13-31, was rebuilt into a new assault landing strip for the Air National Guard and as an additional VFR runway for general aviation aircraft.

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