You searched for Postal Code: 66111
Showing results 1 to 3 of 3
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV6R_moses-grinter_Kansas-City-KS.html
In memory of Moses Grinter who was sent here by the government in 1831 to establish the first ferry on the Kansas River. He operated a trading post for the Delaware Indian tribe until 1860, when it was closed. Delaware was the first post office in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV6P_grinter-house_Kansas-City-KS.html
Built by Moses R. Grinter in 1857 on the then Delaware Indian Reserve, this house was near the point where in 1831 he had begun operation of the first ferry on the Kansas River. For many years following its survey in 1837 the Fort Leavenworth - Fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV6I_delaware-crossing-and-the-grinter-ferry_Kansas-City-KS.html
Just east of this marker, at a point where an old Indian trail led to the water's edge, Moses Grinter established the first ferry on the Kansas River. The year was 1831, and Grinter became the earliest permanent white settler in the area. His ferr…