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Thomas Hunton Swope (October 21, 1827 – October 3, 1909) was an American real estate magnate and philanthropist in Kansas City, Missouri. His death in 1909 became the focus of one of the most publicized murder trials in the early 20th century.
Gotham, Kevin Fox. "Missed opportunities, enduring legacies: School segregation and desegregation in Kansas City, Missouri." American Studies (2002): 5-41. online; Gotham, Kevin Fox. "A city without slums: Urban renewal, public housing, and downtown revitalization in Kansas City, Missouri." American Journal of Economics and Sociology 60.1 (2001 ...
Union Cemetery is the oldest surviving public cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri. [3] [4] [5] It was founded on November 9, 1857, as the private shareholder-owned corporation, Union Cemetery Assembly. As a commercial enterprise remote from city limits, its 49 acres (20 ha) became a well-funded and remarkably landscaped destination by 1873.
"Cities and Towns: Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-4787-7. American Cities Project (2013). "Kansas City (MO)". America's Big Cities in Volatile Times: City Profiles. Washington, DC: Pew Charitable Trusts. William S. Worley (2002). Kansas City: Rise of a Regional ...
Albert I. Beach (1883–1939), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri [6] Joseph Boggs (1749–1843), army officer, moved from Old Westport Cemetery in 1915 [ 7 ] Daniel Boone III (1809–1880), and Mary Constance Philibert Boone (1814–1904), early Kansas City founders who settled in the area that later became Forest Hill Cemetery [ 8 ]
The town of Kansas, Missouri, was incorporated on June 1, 1850, reincorporated and renamed City of Kansas on March 28, 1853, and renamed Kansas City in 1889.The area straddles the border between Missouri and Kansas at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers, and was considered a good place to settle.
Kansas City also expanded rapidly during the period; its population increased from 3,500 in 1865 to more than 32,000 in 1870, largely due to the promotional efforts of Joseph G. McCoy. Kansas City became a hub for both meatpacking and wheat milling, and Armour & Company became a major employer in the city. Canned beef production in Kansas City ...
Location of Kansas City in Missouri. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kansas City, Missouri.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the Jackson County portions of Kansas City, Missouri, United States.