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Glaab, Charles N. Kansas City and the Railroads: Community Policy in the Growth of a Regional Metropolis (1962) online; Haskell, Harry. Boss-busters and Sin Hounds: Kansas City and Its Star (University of Missouri Press, 2007). Kirkman, Paul. A History Lover's Guide to Kansas City (Arcadia Publishing, 2020), popular history
Likewise the future U.S. President John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) who had worn a powdered wig and long hair tied in a queue in his youth, abandoned this fashion during this period while serving as the U.S. Minister to Russia (1809-1814) [61] and later became the first president to adopt a short haircut instead of long hair tied in a queue. [62]
By the mid-1820s, men's fashion plates show a shapely ideal silhouette with broad shoulders emphasized with puffs at the sleevehead, a narrow waist, and very curvy hips. A corset was required to achieve the tiny waistline shown in fashion plates. Already de rigueur in the wardrobes of military officers, men of all middle and upper classes began ...
For men, three piece suits were tailored for usefulness in business as well as sporting activity. The fashion in this article includes styles from the 19th century through a Western context – namely Europe and North America. 19th Century Dress Silhouette Man's tailcoat 1825–1830
1883 - Bobby Bell of the Kansas City Chiefs inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 1985 World Series won by Kansas City Royals with Manager Dick Howser; Harris-Kearney House opens as a museum. 1986 - Town Pavilion hi-rise built. 1987 - Len Dawson of the Kansas City Chiefs inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 1988 ACT UP chapter ...
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François Gesseau Chouteau (February 7, 1797 – April 18, 1838) was an American pioneer fur trader, entrepreneur, and community leader known as the "Father of Kansas City". He was born in St. Louis , established the first fur trading post in the wild frontier of western Missouri, and settled the area that became Kansas City, Missouri .
Blue jeans have a long history in this country. Invented in the late 1800s, America introduced jeans to the world during World War II, and now people almost everywhere wear jeans.