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Aug 24, 2022 · A high school history teacher from Lawrence set out to answer that question, explaining in a video how Kansas City was named. Matt Beat delves into the origin of the word Kansas, why a border...
Oct 15, 2018 · In her seminal 1908 work, Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, librarian and historian Carrie Westlake Whitney provides an excellent summary of how the city’s name was decided: The proprietors decided to call the town "Kansas" after the Kansas river.
Oct 16, 2018 · Here’s why Kansas City was named for Kansas, and not the state in which it’s located, Missouri. The Kansas City Star and the Kansas City Library answer your question.
Nov 24, 2018 · Most people believe that the city was named after the state of Kansas, but the state of Kansas did not exist until 1861. Up north, the west side of the Missouri River was Bleeding Kansas or the “Great American Desert.”
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 settle.
The area was acquired by the United States from France in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, and Americans began settling there in greater numbers after the organization of the Missouri Territory in 1812. In 1838, Kansas City was founded and eventually surpassed neighboring Westport to become the predominant city west of St. Louis.
Jul 6, 2023 · In the early days of Kansas City, the city was known as "Kaw City" after the Kaw (or Kansa) Native American tribe that inhabited the area. The journey towards the birth of Kansas City took a significant step forward with the formation of the Town Company in 1838.
