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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSZV_kc-on-flight_Kansas-City-MO.html
From TWA to Executive Beechcraft, Kansas City has some big names to drop when it comes to our aviation history. The original TWA headquarters still stands at the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport, though space-constriction caused operations to b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSZT_art-and-soul_Kansas-City-MO.html
A Midwestern city as a hotbed of artistic expression? You bet. Here in Kansas City, you'll discover a wealth of superb arts and cultural offerings. From the extraordinary exhibits and architecture of The Nelson-Atkins Museum to the excitement of s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSZS_rail-center_Kansas-City-MO.html
If you wanted a steak in New York before 1867, you pretty much had to wait until your dinner came in on four legs from Texas to the railheads in central Missouri, and finally hitched a train to Chicago. It was there that cattle were unceremoniousl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSZR_football-fever_Kansas-City-MO.html
Can you imagine rooting for the Kansas City Texans? Team owner, Lamar Hunt, once considered keeping the nickname of the team he brought to our town from Dallas in 1963. Instead, after considering such monikers as the "Steers," the "Mules," and, ye…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSZQ_the-american-royal_Kansas-City-MO.html
Kansas Citians may have hung up their cowboy hats for business suits, but we're still mighty proud of our "Cowtown" past. In fact, we celebrate it every year with one of the oldest livestock shows in the country - The American Royal.
Establishe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSZP_mouse-tale_Kansas-City-MO.html
Believe it or not, everyone's favorite mouse may have been conceived right here in Kansas City. Mickey Mouse's creator, Walt Disney, spent much of his youth in our city after moving here from his childhood home in Marceline, Missouri. But his care…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSZO_home-of-bbq_Kansas-City-MO.html
On a warm summer evening in Kansas City, you can develop an appetite just driving down the street. That's because this unofficial "Home of Barbecue" boasts more than 90 barbecue-devoted restaurants, as well as numerous BBQ cookoffs, and a whole co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSZN_hale-the-firepole_Kansas-City-MO.html
Imagine this scene in 1850? a dry, hot summer day in the newly incorporated town of Kansas City. The street is crowded with wooden structures. Suddenly, swirls of black smoke stream from a saloon roof. The church bells begin to ring, calling for e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSZL_the-country-club-plaza_Kansas-City-MO.html
Like Cinderella, Kansas City's famous Country Club Plaza wasn't always a glittering princess. In the late 1890s, the area, known as Brush Creek Valley, was still a marshland populated by beavers and foxes, and tread only by fur trappers, Native Am…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSZK_happy-trails_Kansas-City-MO.html
Here in Kansas City, hikers and bikers can get a large dose of history with their fitness routines, thanks to the location of the city's top trails.
One of the most popular city trails follows an old trolley line that once carried riders from W…