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Westport is a historic neighborhood and a main entertainment district in Kansas City, Missouri.. In the early 1800s, West Port was settled by a group led by American pioneer and tribal missionary Reverend Isaac McCoy, who brought his son John Calvin McCoy as surveyor, and his son-in-law Reverend Johnston Lykins who bought the land.
The 1855 Harris-Kearney House is an historical site located in Kansas City, Missouri, in the Westport neighborhood. Originally, the house was located at the intersection of modern-day Westport Road and Main Street (where the Katz Drug Store was located) [1] [2] The home is the oldest brick residence in the city.
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 ...
No. 1: Moved to new home, Westport covered wagon discovered to be older than anyone imagined. ... No. 11: Unearth the history of Kansas City’s lost Black neighborhood, demolished for city park ...
The city of Kansas City formed by merger of Westport and City of Kansas. [2] Electric streetcars begin replacing cable cars. Kansas City Public Library building opens. [22] 1890 Benjamin Holmes became mayor. New York Life Insurance Building becomes the city's first skyscraper. Population: 132,716. [9] 1892
The Westport Historical Society has a new, free map that highlights the town's history, beloved shorelines, and local landmarks.
A Kansas City Public Library historian said McCoy "single-handedly had the greatest effect on the development of early Kansas City". He founded Westport [3] and is widely regarded as "the father of Kansas City". [1] Pioneer Park is at Westport and Broadway, with a sculpture by Thomas L. Beard of Alexander Majors, John McCoy, and Jim Bridger.
The Kansas City Arts Commission recommended Meyer Boulevard near the entrance to Swope Park. Westport was also suggested, considering its early history as a trails outpost.