1833 - 1897
Founded in 1833 by John C. McCoy as a trading post on the wagon road between Independence and the Indian Territory. To supply goods to McCoy's store from steamboats on the Missouri River, Westport Landing was established in 1834 at First & Grand, thus giving birth to the Town of Kansas in 1839. By the early 1850s West Port was the outfitting point for wagon trains going west. Westport Landing was officially chartered as the Town of Kansas in 1850, was name Kansas City in 1889, and annexed Westport in 1897.| HM Number | HM1N0P |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Daughters of the American Revolution series |
| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 1987 |
| Placed By | Elizabeth Benton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Tuesday, August 18th, 2015 at 9:05am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15S E 362355 N 4323960 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 39.05388333, -94.59075000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 3.233', W 94° 35.445' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 3' 13.98" N, 94° 35' 26.7" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 816, 913, 314 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 4043 Broadway, Kansas City MO 64111, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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