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Lee's Summit is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is a suburb in the Kansas City metropolitan area.It resides in Jackson County (predominantly) as well as Cass County. [8] [9] As of the 2020 census, its population was 101,108, making it the 6th most populous city in both Missouri and the Kansas City metropolitan area. [7]
Longview Farm in Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States was built by Robert A. Long. In planning the farm Long turned to Henry F. Hoit of Hoit, Price and Barnes, as he had designed Corinthian Hall and the R.A. Long Building. George Kessler was chosen as the landscape architect. The farm and over 50 other structures were built on 1,780 acres.
Civil War veterans and several members of the Confederate guerrilla band known as Quantrill's Raiders were also buried there, [2] including Cole Younger, a Confederate guerrilla who was born in Lee's Summit in 1844, [4] and lived the final years of his life in the town before his death in 1916. [5]
Born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Howard moved to Jackson County, Missouri in 1842 on 220 acres which he previously purchased. In 1865 he founded the settlement of Strother (now known as Lee's Summit) on his own land. [1]
Lee's Summit Christian Church Building: Lee's Summit Christian Church Building: April 20, 2011 : SE Douglas and SE Fourth Sts. Lee's Summit: 19: Kritser House: Kritser House: April 10, 1985 : 115 E. Walnut
For Lee’s Summit resident Steve Kilde, Memorial Day this year was more than just a ceremonial occasion. It was the culmination of years of work to honor a fellow soldier who died in the line of ...
Chris Evans said his family was racially profiled and discriminated against by denying a group of Black teenagers entry into the water park “for no apparent reason than the color of their skin.”
Cole Younger gravesite in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Cole, Jim, and Bob pleaded guilty to their crimes to avoid execution. They were sentenced to life in prison at the Minnesota Territorial Prison at Stillwater on November 18, 1876. Frank and Jesse James fled to Nashville, Tennessee, where they lived peacefully for the next three years.