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1960-1969
1960-1969
Moore's Store
It's a house now, but before the late 1970's it was a neighborhood grocery popular with the kids. It was located off High Drive where that street is now known as High Drive Terrace.
[There are more photos under the 1950's tab at 1952]
1960
September 10
Early 60's Kenny Auto
The hill in the background would become Plantation Apartments and a strip mall would be added across the street.
2022 View
1960
Jim Erickson lived on Hon Drive in Riverside and it is believed this photo is at the gas station in Platte Woods now known as the Autobaun (as of 2018).
Scott's Greenhouse.
This photo is from a film clip Gary Brenner had from the flood of 93, long after Scott's had moved away.
Virginia and John Scott owned about the only greenhouse north of the River until Nance's nursery began near the Antioch Mall in the 70's. The Scott's greenhouse was attached to their home and they lived basically in not desirable conditions and was located just north of the Jockey Club bar.
They had a mentally challenged son, Little John where he would often be seen playing baseball alone by the road with a stick for a bat and a rock for a ball. Little John new everything there was about any plant. He could tell you the scientific name, where the plant was from, how long it would live and you'd buy a rock from this guy if he explained it's life like he could a plant.
In the late 70's, the green house became an eyesore as the family couldn't keep it up. Pride and Progress
was a newly formed civic group who spent a weekend and cleaned it up and painted the place where it would survive a few more years. The Scott's first home was in the building that was the Riverside Post
office until the flood of 93.
Here is a newspaper article from 1981, showing Pride and Progress spending a weekend to clean the business up. Most of the parts you can see in the photos were taken down that weekend as being too dangerous. It would close a few years later.
October 26, 1960
Houston Lake becomes a city. It was formed as Lake Venetia in 1928 and the name was changed to Houston Lake later, named after the CEO of the the Lake Venetia Corporation. More is under the 1928 tab.
1961. Skyline Inn
Skyline Inn Beauty Shop
1960's Starlight Club
The Starlight Club was about a half mile east on Vivion.
SHOJI TABUCHI. Inspired from an earlier post. He is a Japanese American country music fiddler who rose to fame from his start at the Starlight Club east of Riverside in the early 60's. He got his start while on a chance meeting with Roy Acuff
of the Grand Ole' Opry
and then he left for Nashville. He's had his own theater in Branson
since 1990. The difference between a fiddle and a violin is you don't spill beer on a violin. I reached to him and he responded with is amazing answer:
1240 west Vivian fed , owner was Keith and Fran Kabrick , place was called starlight club ( not starlight theatre ) starlight theatre was at where the Crown center was . I used go to Red Ex
to shop and remember at corner , there was lamp lighter . At that Starlight club was my 1 st steady job in the USA and I learn lots there about country music . I will never ever forget that place . Was great training ground for me .i Was there 2 years 68-69 then moved to Wichita Kansas . Thanks for remembering me ! Shoji Tabuchi
It was located behind this house.
1962, March 23
1960's
A&W Root Beer
1961
January 28
Mugs Up was located about where Sonic is now east of the Corner Cafe.
1961, September 16
Dr. Tom Eagle
Griff's
Was a popular hamburger restaurant that operated on the west side of the building behind the clock tower at Vivion and Gateway, where that location is commonly known as the third Quik Trip. It was later purchased by Norma Hertzog who kept Griff's for a while before changing it's name to Norm's. While Griff's, a manager was Rick Fuen
and such notables as Bill Coen
worked there. The Hertzog's ran it nearly three decades before selling it to Kathy Rose
and Betty Burch, in 1994 where they named it Rosie's. It closed in 1996.
The building A frame design was used at the car wash that was north Griff's and later became the Dirt Man.
Bill Coen sent in a picture of his hat from his days there.
1961 Red X
My dad's check cashing card from the 1960's.
Early 1960's.
Harvey Wilson
opens a Standard gas station. It would later be known as Dale Ricker's
and ended as Ray's Muffler
about 2015 for the new Quik Trip.
1960's.
The Conoco
and DX were just south of the Line Creek/Gateway Bridge and were across the street from each other. Bills' DX
building was removed after the 93 flood to make room for the levee. The Conoco building is still there as of 2018 and was most recently the Hawg Jaw BBQ.
1961
December 10 Intercontinental Engineering
is developed.
It's located on 65 acres on the west side of Riverside by the Missouri River, almost at the Parkville city limits at 1000 NW INTERCON DR and this is their corporate office. . Physically, it's the largest manufacturing plant in Riverside and has been doing so since at least 1962. They have tight security and manufacture mostly government contracts and depend on train and river travel as a main means of delivering products. A proprietary fleet of rail cars, combined with a 150-ton stiffleg crane at the dock facility, gives Intercon unique ability to handle large or heavy components. Shop gantry cranes up to 100-ton capacity, and various mobile cranes augment Intercon's extensive material handling capability.
World's Largest pneumatic tractor, 1963
Doyle Barnett
Just north of the present day QT where there was once a trailer court.
Nelson's Garden Store
Belgian Bottoms
Riverside 1965
West side of town. Northwood Road is just right of center. High Drive upper right.
1962
Karen's Townhouses
Now known as Northcrest on the far north end of the city on Gateway.
1962
Riverside Speedway AD, June 27
1962
Photo at the speedway believed to be Glenn Allen taken by Bud Stinett.
1962
Telephoto shot southeast towards Red X
and the Riverside Drive In.
Second photo if about how that shot looks today [2020] using Google Earth.
1960's
Red X and Eli's matchbook covers.
1962
December
1963
1963
Dairy Queen opens.
THEN AND NOW [2018] MORPH
1963, November 24
This was also known as the TWA Union Hall. It was torn down about 2000 to make way for the new City Hall and Public Safety buildings. This area is now part of the public safety parking lot. In the 80's it was the site of Riverside's annual Christmas parties and the parking lot the home of several early Riverside Fall Festival events and parking.
1964
1964
Riverside Speedway
Claude Loomis
May 26, 1964
Groundbreaking for Cliff Manor
September 20, 1964
Sent from Bill Coen
1965
February 26
Chief Seneker and Sgt. Sharp, Riverside Public Safety.
1965
Riverside Drive In ad.
1965, April 5
July 3, 1965
1965, July 20
. Line Creek
was prone to flash flood mostly from the 60's to the late 1990's. Although they were devastating, they only would last about two hours. The floods were mostly due to rapid development north of Riverside.
Photo below show a mobile home trailer that had floated into the bridge.
1965
July 31
Riverside Thriftway,
1966. It began as Brenner Ridge Store
in the 50's and then had become Connies
in 1958.
Eli's
A popular restaurant in the 1960's & early 70's. It was located at 2707 NW Platte Drive. Today, (2022) there is a "Smokes For Less" shop there.
SOCK HOPS
1960'S
1966 Sock hop photo.
George McGiltonI think it was behind the sod company now the green haven sod
Cindy Layton Johnson George. .I think you're right. .my brother's band played at the sock hop in the late 60s..if i remember right. ..lol. Ronnie Abner would probably have more accurate information
Kathi Rule Looks like the old Rinky Dink. My dad, John Filger, owned it back in the day. Spent many nights there dancing!
Linda Gresham Hanick I remember dances after football and basketball games at the social hall (church across from Skyline Inn).
Kenneth L. Kieser Charlie Bowers, Charlie Rosenberry and Paul Spicer were our boxing coaches.I boxed there with Clark and Curtis Edwards, Ronnie Elkins, the Athertons and others. Those were great times. Once we were running laps around the old church cemetery when a body was being exhumed. Several of us made the mistake of looking in the grave and got sick.
The Chessmen were the most popular band to play at Riverside Sock Hop. Ron Hodston, on far right, went on to become a member of the band, "Missouri" they produced an album.
Spent a lot of time at the Sock Hop in Riverside. Here's an old photo of the "12th of Never" band. My husband, Ronnie Abner, was the drummer. All members attended Park Hill High School. L to R: Dennis Morgan, Jay Knotts, Mark Rossback, Ronnie Abner and George Layton
1966
April
NKC Fireman race at Riverside Speedway
1966
1966
Bobo Cossey working at Nelson's Garden's
1966 Olde Kerns.
November ,1968
November 11, 1968
Old Kerns and the entire mall burns down after only being 24 month old.
1967
Road Map of Riverside provided by Homer Williams.
Riverside reserve officer, David House 1960's
December 12, 1967
First Community Center
It was located down the hill behind St. Matthew's Church
and began about 1966. It was torn down in the mid 90's. It was a popular spot for sock hops, the Boy Scouts and in it's last years became a Clothing Closet for Platte County.
1967-1968. Front row left, Vern Davis
and right is Chief Douglas Seneker
March 19, 1967
1968, March 27
1968, March 31
June 23, 1968
Mike's Fireworks
1968
November 11, 1968
Warren Brenner's 24 month old strip mall that would include Old Kern's burns.
1969
Riverside Speedway, May 12, 1968
Red X Western Auto early 60's
Early 60's. In 1957, Red X had a major fire where the building was renovated. The major change was the second floor office space and the short-lived addition of Western Auto. Note the phone booth at the lower right which was there until the late 80s.
Zebra ride, 1960's. Mr. Young
had a not understood liking of Zebras where he continued into having Zebra Stamps
you could trade in. This ride was on the front sidewalk for many years.
In the 60's, you traded in your stamps where there was a special room in the back of the store you you.
Timothy Johnson holding the Red X Zebra gift catalog.
Kiddieland & Trampolines
Mostly through the 60's. Developed by Mr. Young
to entertain children where tickets were only one cent. It also gave parents something to do while waiting on the speedway to open. The boat ride was one of the favorite rides.
The tickets were often given out by the neighborhood ice cream trucks. He would say later one of his greatest regrets was closing it. It was located in the far northeast corner of the parking lot at Red X.
Trampolines were located once on the west end of the Red X parking lot.
The little girl is Kim Ulvested Dowe
Riverside Drive
In consession stand.
Late 60's, Crossroads. The Crossroads was a bar. This photo is from the early 80s when Jim Coen
had the hardware store he bought from Louis Brenner.
Sometime in the late 60's or early 70's, hit recording artist Charlie Rich
was in a slump and somehow found is way to the Crossroads where he reportedly played occasionally and tried out new material. His nickname was the Silver Fox
and so they changed the Crossroads to the Silver Fox.
A couple years later in 1973 and after a nearly 10 year slump, Charlie recorded two hit songs: Behind Close Doors and The Most Beautiful Girl and briefly rose back to stardom until 1978. It's possible he tired out these song first at the Silver Fox.
The first Quik Trip was in this building and shortly later moved into a new building just south.
1969 RENNER SITE PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
Carolina Brenner Renner
receives the news the area reported by Shippee
and Wedel
known as the Renner Site, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. She owned most of the site at that time and her husband, Leslie Renner,
had passed away the year before. The site was was the first in Platte County
to be designated and received the official designation as: 23PL1, where 23 is the number for Missouri being admitted to the Union, PL as Platte County. Line Creek Park is 23PL2.
Remembering
Jaunita Cheatum
1967-68
Public Safety Department
