Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Aug. 9, 1923 The Missouri Pacific Railway company was granted a temporary restraining order against the city of Pittsburg to prevent the city from opening Smelter avenue across its right-of-way between 11th and 12th streets by Circuit Judge Kimbrough Stone in Kansas City yesterday. Judge Stone set Aug. 17 as the date for a hearing to determine whether or not a temporary injection shall be granted. Last night at midnight, the No.