1. What is "Missouri Town"? Missouri Town
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2. The Overland Trails moved pioneers from East to West. What are the four trails that made up the Overland Trails? Overland Trails
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3. Kansas City had two other names before it was officially named in 1889. What are these two forgotten names? Names
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4. This bridge, completed June 1869, include a drawing bridge to allow for steamboat passage, was one of the major reasons Kansas City became a thriving metropolis. What is the name of this bridge? Bridge
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5. Kansas City was only one of several trading centers along the Missouri river in the mid-nineteenth century.
Why did Kansas City take off while the others stayed behind? Rapid Growth
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6. The Kansas City Star has been our home town newspaper since 1880. One of it's founders, William Rockhill Nelson is the "Nelson" of the Nelson -Adkins Museum. A famous author wrote for the Star & credits his experience for "changing his verbose high school writing style into clear, provocative English."
Who was this author? Author
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7. Kansas City has had many professional sports teams besides the Royals & Chiefs: Scouts (hockey), Kings (basketball), Athletics (before they moved to Oakland.)
Who was Kansas City's most successful team & how many championships did they win? Champions
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8. Kansas City was a mecca for migrants from the South and musicians in search of work. During the 1930's, Kansas was the jazz capital of the world. "Everything was wide open," Buck O'Neil of the Negro League Baseball Team, the Kansas City Monarchs, recalled."The sky was the limit, anything you were big enough to do and could afford, you did it. You could do it in Kansas City. Wide open!"
What is syncopation? Syncopation
Click here to see Louis Armstrong in Kansas City. Louis
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9. Kansas City is a city of fountains. Of all the cities in the world, only Rome, Italy has more fountains than Kansas City.
How many fountains are there in Kansas City? Fountains.
To learn more about the fountains in Kansas City, click here
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10. Kansas City is famous for barbecue! The meat is cooked slowly over a combination of wood and charcoal and is served with a spicy, sweet, honey, tomato based sauce. What does "barbecue" mean? BBQ
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11. Did you know that there was a college in Greenwood, MO? The campus was on Oak to Chestnut and 5th to 7th street. The college opened in fall 1870 and closed around 1910 because of a fire/explosion.
What was this college's name? College
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