Westport became a part of Kansas City on this date in history.
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Birthday of Dr. Benoist Troost. He was Kansas City’s first physician, founded their first newspaper, and started the city’s Chamber of Commerce. Troost Avenue is named for him.
Kansas City’s beautiful Union Station opened for business.
Birthday of John Calvin McCoy. The “Father of Kansas City” went to the area to do missionary work. He built a cabin in the Westport area and did business with the eventual travelers on the Santa Fe Trail and Oregon Trail.
The first passenger train ran between St. Louis and Kansas City.
At the future site of Downtown Kansas City men of the Lewis and Clark expedition were blaming the change from two years of cold, wet climate to that of Missouri’s for all the discomfort they are feeling.
The American Jazz Museum opened on East 18th Street in Kansas City’s hotbed neighborhood for Jazz. They say “Jazz was born in New Orleans but grew up in Kansas City!”
Civil Rights activist, Roy Wilkins was born. He lived and worked in St. Louis and Kansas City.
Birthday of Charlie “Bird” Parker, the legendary saxophonist who grew up in Kansas City, MO.
Elmer F. Pierson was born in Kansas City on this day. He and his brother, John, founded the Vendo company, maker of the first reliable Coca-Cola vending machines. For years they dominated the vending machine industry.
Wild Bill Hickok umpired the baseball game between rival teams from Atchison, KS and the Kansas City Antelopes. The Antelopes won 48 to 28. And yes, Wild Bill did wear both six guns while he called balls and strikes so there were no arguments.
Beautiful Royals Stadium was re-dedicated as Kauffman Stadium.
It was a warm spring day! Thermometers in Kansas City were reading 113 degrees.
The 50th Anniversary Miss Black America Pageant celebrates black beauty, empowerment, and positivity in a national TV special with Kansas City hospitality on display.
Ginger Rogers was born as Virginia Katherine McMath in Independence in 1911, and she spent her early years in Independence and Kansas City. Ginger is best remembered for movies made with dancing partner Fred Astaire. She is famously credited for doing everything Astaire did, only backwards and in high heels.
Local productions and traveling shows bring the iconic ballet to appreciative audiences here in Missouri. For professional ballet companies, The Nutcracker is often the most popular show of the season.
Missourians love their coff ee now as much as they did hundreds of years ago when the French first brought coff ee to the shores of the Mississippi River. Indie co ffee shops, boutique roasters, national brands, and regional roasters are pleasing customers all over the state.
Get in on what we’ve known all along. Kansas City is a city of champions.
Top photo by Evan Henningsen A juicy, seasoned patty of beef wedged between cool, crisp leaves of lettuce with freshly sliced tomato … the classic American hamburger is a customer favorite that’s prominent on restaurant menus everywhere. But there are myriad ways to prepare and eat a burger, and somebody is always adding something new. …
At Krokstrom, owner and chef Katee McLean has staked a Scandinavian niche. Her restaurant honors her great-great- great-grandfather Anders Gustaf Krokstrom, who came to the United States in the 1860s.
The steamboat Arabia sank at Westport Landing. It has been raised and is now a wonderful museum.
Taking the outdoors to the West Bottoms, two entrepreneurs have brought urban axe throwing to Kansas City. Blade & Timber founders Matt Baysinger and Ryan Henrich got their start in the escape room business with Breakout KC.
This year marks the band’s 20th anniversary of playing together, but the members of the powerhouse Irish/ Celtic band recently announced that 2018 will be the last year they plan to perform together—at least for the foreseeable future.
This article is sponsored by Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art When you walk into the front door of Kansas City’s Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art on Warwick Boulevard, right away you’ll see something you’ve never seen before. That’s because the museum commissions artists to create pieces for their atrium that are totally unique and site …
A Kansas City graffiti artist applies his skills to a mural for Mercy Children’s Hospital.
The 9:00 AM premier of Gone With the Wind at the Midland in downtown Kansas City caused “a magnificent traffic jam.”
Put your money in your shoe and saddle your horse. It’s time for a pint.
It was reported that New Yorkers in Kansas City hotels were hoping to eat some buffalo meat. One hotel restaurant served them roast pork and, thinking it was buffalo, they went away happy.
We asked a handful of experts where to turn for the state’s best BBQ in Kansas City, St. Louis, and in between.