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The period between the 1940s and the 1970s was a heady time when Kansas City was sometimes considered the crossroads of the world. This was fueled by the Presidency of hometown native Harry Truman from 1945 to 1953, followed immediately by Kansan Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961.
Charlie "Bird" Parker played jazz with Jay McShann in Kansas City. [32] 1939 - Tom Pendergast convicted of income tax evasion and served 15 months in prison. 1940 - Kansas City Museum opens. 1945 Mining of SubTropolis underground storage began [33] Vice President Harry S Truman sworn in as President after Franklin Roosevelt's sudden death; 1946
Kansas City, Missouri (KC or KCMO) ... In 1940, the city had about 400,000 residents; by 2000, it had about 440,000. From 1940 to 1960, the city more than doubled its ...
The Southern Belle was a named passenger train service offered by Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) from the 1940s through the 1960s, running between Kansas City, Missouri, and New Orleans, Louisiana. The service was inaugurated on September 2, 1940. [1]
Mary McElroy (November 25, 1907 – January 21, 1940) was an American kidnapping victim. She was the daughter of Henry F. 'Judge' McElroy , City Manager of Kansas City, Missouri . Kidnapping
The Kansas City area can boast more than 30 restaurants that have been around for at least five decades. ... as now, for its Italian steak sandwiches. His son, John, took over in the late 1940s ...
Thomas Joseph Pendergast (July 22, 1872 – January 26, 1945), also known as T. J. Pendergast, was an American political boss who controlled Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri, from 1925 to 1939.
The old streetcar on Delaware Street in Kansas City’s River Market now houses a new location of a local doughnut shop. Stay tuned for an announcement of a doughnut beer.