From KC Star Magazine

Sept. 22, 1996
John M. Hayes

Q. What was Elliott's Shooting Park?

Elliott's Shooting Park, which opened in 1887, was one of the world's oldest trapshooting facilities. The park started out at a site on the Blue River, then reopened at 9500 E. 75th Street in Raytown, MO on March 10, 1934. Clay targets replaced live quarry in 1955.

The business was truly a family affair. J.A.R. Elliott started it. An uncle, Bob Elliott, invented an unusual collapsing box to release live game. Other family members were excellent marksmen.

Efforts by the Kansas City Trapshooters Association to save the park were unsuccessful. Elliott's closed Nov. 17, 1985. Developers currently plan to build a retirement community on the site.