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Jackson, David W. Kansas City Chronicles: An Up-To-Date History (Arcadia, 2010). Mallea, Amahia K. A river in the city of fountains: an environmental history of Kansas City and the Missouri River (University Press of Kansas, 2018). Matlin, John S. Political Party Machines of the 1920s and 1930s: Tom Pendergast and the Kansas City Democratic ...
Kansas City, Missouri (KC or KCMO) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by population and area. The city lies within Jackson, Clay, Platte counties, and a small portion in Cass County. It is the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the Missouri–Kansas state line and has a population of 2,392,035.
Originally, Kansas City, Missouri was known as the Town of Kansas, inspired by the Kansas River, named after the Kansa Native American tribe, according to The Kansas City Public Library. By 1889 ...
Matt Beat delves into the origin of the word Kansas, why a border runs between the two Kansas Cities and how Kansans once tried to steal KCMO. ... The editorial board of the Kansas City Times ...
1883 - Bobby Bell of the Kansas City Chiefs inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 1985 World Series won by Kansas City Royals with Manager Dick Howser; Harris-Kearney House opens as a museum. 1986 - Town Pavilion hi-rise built. 1987 - Len Dawson of the Kansas City Chiefs inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 1988 ACT UP chapter ...
The haters used to call Kansas City “Gully Town.” A reader asked us to explain the transformation. ‘Kansas City is so ugly’: How our town leveled up from its dirty, hilly, homely past
The first college football game played in Kansas was the 1890 Kansas vs. Baker football game played in Baldwin City. Baker won 22–9. [ 67 ] The first night football game west of the Mississippi was played in Wichita, Kansas in 1905 between Cooper College (now called Sterling College ) and Fairmount College (now Wichita State University ). [ 68 ]
Kansas City, Kansas – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [29] Pop 2010 [30] Pop 2020 [31] % 2000 % 2010 ...