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Johnston Lykins (April 15, 1800 – August 15, 1876) was a pioneering Baptist missionary to Native American tribes, and a founding civic booster in the frontier boomtowns of West Port and Kansas, Missouri, which combined and became Kansas City, Missouri.
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.
After the founding of Saint Joseph, MO by Joseph Rubidoux in 1843, the first Catholic church in the town was built in 1847. It's first pastor was Rev. Thomas Scanlon. In September of 1847, this church was dedicated by the Archbishop of St. Louis, Archbishop P.R. Kenrick.
The Rev. Dr. Stephen D. Jones is co-pastor of First Baptist Church in Kansas City and chairperson of MORE2’s campaign “Call to the Beloved Community, Resisting White Christian Nationalism ...
America’s founding motto was “E Pluribus Unum” (out of one many) but in the 1950s religious zealots changed that to “in God we trust” and inserted “under God” into the secular Pledge ...
What does it mean to say America is a Christian nation? It depends on whom you ask. Some believe God worked to bring European Christians to America in the 1600s and secure their independence in ...
The History of Kansas City: Together with a Sketch of the Commercial Resources of the Country with which it is Surrounded (Birdsall & Miller, 1881) online. Whitney, Carrie Westlake. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People 1808-1908. Vol. 3 (SJ Clarke publishing Company, 1908) biographies of prominent figures. online. Shirley ...
François and Bérénice Chouteau are the first permanent pioneers of the wild frontier that became Kansas City, Missouri. He became regarded as "the Father of Kansas City". The Martin City Telegraph said: "This early commerce on the western side of Missouri was launched when a newly-married couple took a risk by settling on the edge of the ...