With the Kansas City Public Library celebrating its 150th anniversary, staff have spent the year thinking about and promoting our history. One KCQ reader who recently visited the Central Library in…
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How a Kansas City work camp provided much-needed relief during the Great Depression
Recently, a local history researcher saw an interesting detail on a 1935 geological survey and asked KCQ: “On a 1930s map, I noticed a Federal Transient Camp located just west of where Shoal Creek…
Belvidere Hollow: KCQ unearths Kansas City’s Lost Black neighborhood
In the Historic Northeast, east of downtown and just beyond Interstate 29, lies Belvidere Park — what now may appear to be an empty space. But at the turn of the 20th century, the area was a…
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Kansas City FAQs
What was the Priests of Pallas?
The Priests of Pallas was a week-long festival held annually in Kansas City from 1887 until 1912, and revived briefly from 1922 to 1924.
How Many Fountains are in Kansas City?
The City of Fountains Foundation has registered 200 fountains in the metropolitan area.
When Did Satchel Paige Join the Kansas City Monarchs?
Legendary pitcher Leroy "Satchel" Paige, born in Mobile, Alabama, around 1906, began fine-tuning his arm in his teens and joined his first professional team, the Mobile Tigers, in 1924.