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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NLJ_kansas-city-municipal-auditorium_Kansas-City-MO.html
[Cornerstone] Laid November 29, 1934, by the Will of the People, which is the cornerstone of all good government.
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Federal Emergency Administration
of Public Works - Projec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3R_from-steamboat-landing-to-city_Kansas-City-MO.html
The town was only a spark in 1834 when entrepreneur and tradesman John Calvin McCoy cut a primitive path from this store to a prominent rock ledge on the river - a perfect landing for riverboats. The steamboat John Hancock, laden with goods for Mc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3Q_waterfront-town-to-metropolis_Kansas-City-MO.html
By May of 1854 the air was already electrified by the sizzling-hot debate of pro-slavery versus anti-slavery when Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Now, the western territory was open and available, and whoever settled Kansas first would de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3P_building-through-the-bluffs_Kansas-City-MO.html
When Kansas City Mayor Milton Payne took office in 1855 he face an immediate and formidable task: to make his city accessible by cutting streets south from the Missouri River through the looming bluffs along the riverbank.
He authorized almost a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3O_gilliss-house-hotel_Kansas-City-MO.html
The stone wall that still exists today against the bluff between Delaware and Wyandotte Streets is the remains of the once-famous Gilliss House Hotel. Built around 1850, the lively riverfront hotel went by various names including the Union, Americ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3M_hannibal-bridge_Kansas-City-MO.html
It was July 3rd, 1869. A crowd of 40,000 elbowed their way onto the banks of the Missouri to celebrate the dedication of a politically empowering marvel - the Hannibal Bridge, the first railroad bridge across the Missouri River. Perhaps more than …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N0R_kansas-city-athenaeum_Kansas-City-MO.html
This building was erected in 1914 and has continuously been the home of the Kansas City Athenaeum, one of the oldest and largest federated women's clubs in Missouri. Familiar names among the 71 chapter members were: Mary Harmon Weeks, founder of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N0Q_three-trails-west_Kansas-City-MO.html
This map gives a geographic picture of the three trails during the opening of the west from 1845 to 1860. The years note when an area became a territory or was admitted as a state.
The Santa Fe Trail, 770 miles, blazed by William Bicknell in 182…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N0P_west-port-missouri_Kansas-City-MO.html
Founded in 1833 by John C. McCoy as a trading post on the wagon road between Independence and the Indian Territory. To supply goods to McCoy's store from steamboats on the Missouri River, Westport Landing was established in 1834 at First & Grand, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N0O_alexander-majors_Kansas-City-MO.html
Majors, "the great freighter," was born in Kentucky. He entered the freighting business in 1848. He became managing partner of Russell, Majors and Waddell in 1854 with offices in Westport. The wagon trains moved enormous tonnage on the w…