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In the 1910s, Tom Pendergast purchased the Jefferson Hotel near the City Market. For a decade, the building served as the headquarters for his "Goats" political faction. With Kansas City rapidly expanding to the east and south, the River Market area began to be referred to as "Old Town" at this time, because it was seen as a remnant of an older time of licentiousn
Fairyland’s segregation received the most publicity largely because of high-profile protests in the early 1960s. Thirty-four people were arrested on May 13, 1961, after blocking the park’s ...
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Work continues on the KC Wheel, a 150-foot tall ferris wheel with 36 climate-controlled gondolas, on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, in Kansas City.
The park's owners at the time, Hunt Midwest Entertainment Inc., and the makers of the ride eventually settled with the girl's family for $200,000. [14] This made Timber Wolf the only ride so far at Worlds of Fun with a fatality. On August 2, 2014, an 11-year-old boy was taken to a hospital after suffering a concussion and a bloody nose on the ride.
Schlitterbahn Waterpark Kansas City was a water park in Kansas City, Kansas. It was announced in September 2005 by Schlitterbahn Waterparks and opened on July 15, 2009. It was conceived as a 370-acre (150-hectare) and $750 million development including a nearly 40-acre (16-hectare) waterpark, which was Schlitterbahn's fourth waterpark and its ...
The new 150-foot-tall Ferris wheel sits between Interstate 35 and Broadway Boulevard in Kansas City ... After Jan. 2, the cost to ride the Ferris Wheel will be $17 for adults and $13.50 for ...
[1] [2] The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority adopted RideKC in November, [3] followed by Johnson County Transit, IndeBus and Unified Government Transit. Buses using the RideKC livery rolled out in Kansas City and Johnson County in October 2015. [4] [5] UG Transit transitioned in 2016, with IndeBus co-branding for the time being. [6]