The American Royal: 1899-1999

by Heather N. Paxton

Price 140 pages, $19.95 paper

ISBN 1-886157-22-7

Anyone who's a local history buff, or savvy to the importance of farming and ranching to our local lifestyle, will find The American Royal: 1899-1999 a valuable addition to their library. -- Kansas City Magazine

This book enlightens us as to how the Royal expanded from a group of cattlement gathering to exhibit their Hereford cattle in 1899 to the largest livestock, horseshow, and rodeo in America. -- Kansas City Magazine

Heather N. Paxton is a native Kansas Citian. She spend a year writing and researching the book based upon interviews and original sources. She graduated from Columbia College in New York, and is also the author of The Kansas City Country Club Centennial Book.

The book was a project of the American Royal History Committee, chaired by John A. Dillingham and including Mary Hunkeler, James W. Leathers, Col. John and Jean Riffle, Melissa Shores, and B.C. Snidow. The book was underwritten by grants to the American Royal Association from the Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation and UMB Bank, n.a. Proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the American Royal Metropolitan Scholarship Fund, an endowed education fund for Kansas City area youth.