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The history of the Kansas City metropolitan area relates to the area around the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers and the modern-day city of Kansas City, Missouri. Before the arrival of European explorers, the area was inhabited at various times by peoples of the Hopewell tradition and later the Mississippian culture , as well as the ...
Cafe in the museum Shuttlecock. The museum was built on the grounds of Oak Hall, the home of Kansas City Star publisher William Rockhill Nelson (1841–1915). [4] When he died in 1915, his will provided that upon the deaths of his wife and daughter, the proceeds of his entire estate would go to purchasing artwork for public enjoyment.
Kansas City Garment District Museum: Downtown: History: Clothing, hats, photos of the period, period tools of the trade such as sewing machines, scissors and industrial fabric cutters Kansas City Irish Center: Broadway Gillham: Ethnic: Irish and Irish-American community, culture, history, and heritage in the greater Kansas City area and region
Garrison Field House, just north of the hollow in Garrison Square, served the Black community and boasted the first branch of the Kansas City Public Library that served Black Kansas Citians.
Every photograph tells a story, and the Facebook page Vestiges of History is an excellent place to learn how to keep them alive.It collects and shares unique photo recreations, where people mimic ...
In 1926, Black historian Carter G. Woodson set out to designate a week in February for the celebration, education, and commemoration of African American history. A child born that year would be 98 ...
In the 1930s, after decades of overcrowding, the school moved to its current location at Woodland and East 22nd Streets, according to archival research conducted through the Kansas City Public ...
A History of Music Education in the Black Community of Kansas City, Kansas, 1905-1954. Kansas State Historical Society, Historic Sites Survey. Historic Preservation in Kansas. Black History Sites, A Beginning Point. Topeka: Kansas State Historical Society, 1977. African Americans of Wichita (Images of America).