Timeline of Kansas City, Missouri
The following is a timeline of the history of Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
19th century[]
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- 1838 - Settlement named "Town of Kansas".[1]
- 1846 - Population: 700.[2]
- 1840 - City Market active.[1]
- 1850 - "City of Kansas" incorporated.[1]
- 1854 - Bleeding Kansas
- 1857 - Chamber of Commerce established.[2]
- 1860 - Population: 4,418.[3]
- 1863 - August 13: Collapse of the Union Women's Prison kills 4 and maims several other women, the pro-Confederate bushwhackers will cite revenge as a justification for the Sacking of Lawrence.[4]
- 1864 - October 23: Battle of Westport.
- 1867 - March 1: First meeting of the Kansas City Public Schools' Board of Education.[5]
- 1869 - Missouri River railroad bridge opens.[1]
- 1870 - Population: 32,260.[6]
- 1871 - Kansas City Bar Library Assoc. formed.[7]
- 1872 - Elmwood Cemetery established.
- 1875 - Fetterman Circulating Library in business.[7]
- 1880 - Population: 55,785.[3]
- 1882
- Kansas City Club founded.
- First electric lights used in KC; implemented by KCP&L
- 1885
- Kansas City Art Institute founded, later attended by Walt Disney
- First overhead electric trolleys in the US used here.[3]
- 1889
- "Kansas City" formed by merger of Westport and City of Kansas.[1]
- Kansas City Public Library building opens.[8]
- 1890 - Population: 132,716.[3]
- 1892 - Court House built.[3]
- 1893
- City Hall built.[3]
- Kansas City Athletic Club active.
- 1895 - Kansas City School of Law founded.
- 1897 - December 20: City workhouse castle opened, old workhouse abandoned.[9][10]
- 1900
- 4th July: 1900 Democratic National Convention held. [3]
- Federal Building constructed.[3]
- Population: 163,752.[3]
20th century[]
1900s-1940s[]
- 1903 - Automobile Club of Kansas City active.
- 1904 - Children's Mercy Hospital active.[11]
- 1908 - City Hospital built.[3]
- 1909 Kansas City Zoo opens in Swope Park
- 1910
- Hall Brothers in business.
- Population: 248,381.[3]
- 1913 - Cook Paint and Varnish Company in business.
- 1914
- Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and Paseo YMCA[12] open.
- Union Station rebuilt.[13]
- 1915 - Kansas City Polytechnic Institute established.[14]
- 1917 - Rockhurst College opens.[1]
- 1919 - Truman and Jacobson's haberdashery in business.[15]
- 1920 - Population: 324,410.[1]
- 1921 - Laugh-O-Gram Studio founded by Walt Disney
- 1922 - WPE radio begins broadcasting.
- 1923 Fairyland Amusement Park opens at 7501 Prospect, Laugh-O-Gram Studio files bankruptcy and closes
- 1926
- Ararat Shrine Temple and Bagdad Theatre[16] open.
- Liberty Memorial dedicated to World War I veterans, opens
- 1927 - Downtown Airport opens, dedicated by Charles Lindbergh
- 1928
- June: 1928 Republican National Convention.
- F. W. Woolworth Building constructed.
- 1931 - Kansas City Power and Light Building constructed.
- 1933 - June 17: Kansas City massacre.
- 1936 - Holy Land Christian Mission founded.[11]
- 1945 - K.C. native Harry S Truman sworn in as President of the United States after President Franklin Roosevelt's sudden death
- 1937 - Kansas City City Hall rebuilt.
- 1946
- Linda Hall Library established.
- William E. Kemp becomes mayor.
- 1948 - Harry S Truman wins Presidential election
- 1949
- Crest Drive-In cinema active (approximate date).[16]
- Richard Walker Bolling becomes U.S. representative for Missouri's 5th congressional district.[17]
- Industrial Bearings Transmission, now IBT, Inc. founded at 1625 Grand
- 1945 - KC native Harry S Truman sworn in as President of the United States.
- 1948 - First national leadership conference of the Future Homemakers of America (FHA), now Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA).
1950s-1990s[]
- 1951 - July: Great Flood of 1951.[18]
- 1954 - U.S. Weather Bureau Severe Local Storms Unit relocated to Kansas City.
- 1954 - Paseo Bridge opens
- 1955 - H. Roe Bartle becomes mayor.
- 1956 - First runway opens at Kansas City Industrial Airport, now KCI
- 1957
- Kansas City Ballet founded.
- Ruskin Heights Tornado (F-5).
- 1959 - 5 KC firefighters killed in gas tank explosion on Southwest Blvd.
- 1963
- University of Missouri–Kansas City established.
- Ilus W. Davis becomes mayor.
- 1964 - Kansas City Repertory Theatre founded [19]
- 1967 - Sister city relationship established with Seville, Spain.[20]
- 1968 - April: 1968 Kansas City, Missouri riot.
- 1969
- Kansas City Royals baseball team formed.,[21]
- Kansas City Chiefs win Super Bowl IV
- 1970 - Population: 507,330.[1]
- 1971
- Crown Center opens.
- Charles Wheeler becomes mayor.
- 1972
- Sister city relationship established with Kurashiki, Japan.[20]
- Arrowhead Stadium opens
- 1973
- Sister city relationship established with Morelia, Mexico.[20]
- Worlds of Fun opens.
- Kauffman Stadium opens as Royals Stadium.
- 1974
- 1976 - World Science Fiction Convention held.
- 1977 - Fairyland Amusement Park closes after extensive damage by windstorm
- 1978 - Sister city relationship established with Tainan, Taiwan.[20]
- 1979 - Richard L. Berkley becomes mayor.
- 1980 - Hyatt Regency hotel opens.
- 1981 - July 17: Hyatt Regency walkway collapse.
- 1982
- Kansas City Symphony active.
- Oceans of Fun opens
- 1985 - World Series won by Kansas City Royals with Manager Dick Howser
- 1986 - Town Pavilion hi-rise built.
- 1988
- ACT UP chapter founded.[18]
- One Kansas City Place built.
- Serial killer Bob Berdella apprehended, pleaded guilty to first degree murder, given life in prison sentence
- 1989 - Sister city relationship established with Xi'an, China.[20]
- 1990 - Population: 435,146.[6]
- 1991
- Kansas City Stockyards close.
- Emanuel Cleaver becomes mayor.
- Firefighters' Memorial Fountain dedicated, at 31st & Broadway
- Sister city relationship established with Guadalajara, Mexico.[20]
- 1993
- Sister city relationships established with Hannover, Germany and Port Harcourt, Nigeria.[20]
- Great Flood of 1993
- 1994 - Bartle Hall Convention Center opens.
- 1995 - Sister city relationship established with Arusha, Tanzania.[20]
- 1997
- City website online (approximate date).[22][chronology citation needed]
- Sister city relationship established with San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico.[20]
- 1998 - Sister city relationship established with Ramla, Israel.[20]
- 1999 - Kay Barnes becomes mayor.
- 2000 - Population: 441,545.[23]
21st century[]
- 2001 - Regional Kansas City SmartPort economic development group established.
- 2004 - Sister city relationship established with Metz, France.[20]
- 2005
- Penn Valley skatepark opens.
- Emanuel Cleaver becomes U.S. representative for Missouri's 5th congressional district.[24]
- 2007
- Sprint Center (arena) opens.
- Irish Museum and Cultural Center active.
- Mark Funkhouser becomes mayor.
- 2010
- Population: 459,787.[25]
- Paseo Bridge closed, demolished
- Christopher S. Bond Bridge opens, replacing Paseo Bridge
- 2011
- Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts opens.
- Sly James becomes mayor.
- Population: 463,202; metro 2,052,676.[26]
- 2012
- 2014 - Liberty Memorial designated National World War I Monument.
- 2015 - World Series won by Kansas City Royals
- 2020 - Kansas City Chiefs win Super Bowl LIV
See also[]
- List of mayors of Kansas City, Missouri
- History of the Kansas City metropolitan area
- Timeline of St. Louis
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Nergal 1980.
- ^ a b Federal Writers' Project 1941.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Britannica 1910.
- ^ "Collapse of the Union Women's Prison in Kansas City | Civil War on the Western Border: The Missouri-Kansas Conflict, 1854-1865". civilwaronthewesternborder.org. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
- ^ Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.), 04 July 1897. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063615/1897-07-04/ed-1/seq-3/>
- ^ a b Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- ^ a b Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ Whitney 1908.
- ^ "Ready for Its Hobo Guests". The Kansas City Star. December 20, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ^ Lawson, Ben (January 2, 2018). "Taste & See KC: Kansas City Workhouse Castle becoming a ruin". KSHB. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ^ a b Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Kansas City, Missouri". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
- ^ Nina Mjagkij (1994). Light in the Darkness: African Americans and the YMCA, 1852-1946. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2801-3.
- ^ "Timeline". Union Station Kansas City. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
- ^ "Member Institutions in Missouri". Washington DC: American Association of Community Colleges. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
- ^ "Truman: Chronology". Independence, Mo.: Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
- ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Kansas City, MO". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ "Missouri". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1953. hdl:2027/mdp.39015038055821.
- ^ a b Kansas City Public Library. "Local history & genealogy: Alphabetical List of Special Collections". Retrieved November 30, 2014.
- ^ "History of the Rep". Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Kansas City Sister Cities". kcsistercities.org. Sister City Association of Kansas City, MO. Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ "Royals Timeline". MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
- ^ "City of Kansas City, Mo". Archived from the original on April 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000". Kansas City city, Kansas QuickLinks. State & County QuickFacts. US Census Bureau.
- ^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ "Kansas City (city), Missouri". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 23, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ "30 Cities: An Introductory Snapshot". American Cities Project. Washington, DC: Pew Charitable Trusts. 2013.
- ^ "Google Fiber: Why does Kansas City get to go high-speed?", Christian Science Monitor, July 27, 2012
- ^ "Two Cities With Blazing Internet Speed Search for a Killer App", New York Times, September 5, 2014
- ^ "Kansas City Startup Village". 2012.
Bibliography[]
- Published in 19th century
- Business directory, 1866
- Theo. S. Case, ed. (1888). History of Kansas City, Missouri. Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason.
- William Griffith (1900), History of Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo: Hudson-Kimberly Pub. Co., OCLC 181275439, OL 23304661M
- Published in 20th century
- "Kansas City, Mo.". Kansas State Gazetteer and Business Directory, including a complete business directory of Kansas City, Mo. R.L. Polk & Co. 1908.
- Carrie Westlake Whitney (1908), Kansas City, Missouri: its History and its People 1808-1908, Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co.
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. 15 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 661–662.
- Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Kansas City", Missouri: A Guide to the 'Show Me' State, American Guide Series, New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- "Kansas City, Heartland U.S.A.", National Geographic Magazine, Washington DC, 150, 1976
- Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Kansas City, MO", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, p. 179+, OL 4120668M
- Rick Montgomery; Shirl Kasper (1999). Kansas City: An American Story. Kansas City Star Books. ISBN 978-0-9604884-0-7.
- Published in 21st century
- Paul S. Boyer, ed. (2001). "Kansas City". Oxford Companion to United States History. Oxford University Press. p. 417. ISBN 978-0-19-508209-8.
- David J. Wishart, ed. (2004). "Cities and Towns: Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-4787-7.
- American Cities Project (2013). "Kansas City (MO)". America's Big Cities in Volatile Times: City Profiles. Washington, DC: Pew Charitable Trusts.
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