May 16, 1896
Kansas City Star article regarding the early days of trapshooting in KC, with the 1879 shoot report
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The full image is in Guinotte, J.E. "20 Years of Trapshooting in Missouri, A History of the Missouri State Game and Fish Protective Association, Federation of Kansas City Gun Clubs, 1898"
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