Independence was the farthest point westward on the Missouri River where steamboats or other cargo vessels could travel, due to the convergence of the Kansas River with the Missouri River approximately six miles west of town, near the current Kansas-Missouri border.
Honey Benefits for Dogs. Honey benefits dogs in numerous ways. Topically it heals wounds. Internally, it provides numerous sources of nutrients, such as vitamins A, B complex, C, D, E and K, plus minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and more. It helps dogs with allergies, fights infections, and helps with digestive problems.
Certain Eurasian varieties of honeysuckle contain saponic and cyanogenic glycosides in the stems and carotenoids in the berries. These are only mildly noxious in humans, but may be dangerous to dogs and smaller mammals, whose bodies cannot process them fully. One of the most common of these varieties is Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica), which thrives throughout U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 4a to 9b.