 John Calving McCoy (center) is honored along with Alexander Majors (left) and Mountainman James Bridger at Pioneer Square in Westport in Kansas City. John Calvin McCoy (1811-1889) is considered the "father of Kansas City." Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2337x2001, 722 KB) Summary Kansas City memorial in Pioneer Square at Westport Road and Broadway. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2337x2001, 722 KB) Summary Kansas City memorial in Pioneer Square at Westport Road and Broadway. ...
Alexander Majors (1814 - 1900) was a U.S. businessman, often credited along with William Hepburn Russell and William B. Waddel as the founders, owners, and operators of the Pony Express. ...
James Bridger (March, 1804 - July 17, 1881) was a mountain man from the time of the Wild West. ...
McCoy was born in Vincennes, Indiana. He studied at Transylvania College in Lexington, Kentucky, during 1826-1827. He accompanied his parents Isaac and Christiana (Polk) McCoy to Kansas City to perform Baptist missionary work in 1830. The city of Vincennes is the county seat of Knox County, Indiana. ...
For other uses of the name Transylvania, see Transylvania (disambiguation). ...
Nickname: Athens of the West Horse Capital of the World Location in the Commonwealth of Kentucky Coordinates: Country State Counties United States Kentucky Fayette Mayor Teresa Isaac (D) Area - City 285. ...
Isaac McCoy (June 13, 1784-1845) was a Baptist missionary to mid-western Native Americans in the United States in the early 19th Century. ...
A Baptist is a member of a Baptist church. ...
In 1833, John McCoy built a two-story cabin at what is today 444 Westport Road on the northeast corner of Pennsylvania. McCoy opened a store to for travelers on the Santa Fe Trail and Oregon Trail. He named the area Westport because it was the last location before travelers ventured into the Territory of Kansas. Trail logo The Santa Fe Trail was a historic 19th century transportation route across southwestern North America connecting Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico. ...
The Ox Team or the Old Oregon Trail 1852-1906 by Ezra Meeker. ...
Kansas City Pioneer Square monument in Westport features Pony Express founder Alexander Majors, Westport/Kansas City founder John Calvin McCoy and Mountainman Jim Bridger who owned Chouteaus Store next to Kellys Kellys at 500 Westport Road or neighboring Chouteaus Store at 504 Westport are considered to...
Kansas Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854 to January 29, 1861. ...
McCoy's store was three miles from the Missouri River in the hills away from the Missouri River which was prone to floods. He established a dock at a rocky point in the river between Main and Grand Street that came to be called Westport Landing. He followed a trail that was to become Broadway to reach it. The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the United States. ...
The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the United States. ...
The dock proved to be quite popular but the land surround it belonged to a farmer. In 1850 he and other residents banded together to buy the farm. Their company was called the Town of Kansas because the port area was the last inhabitable area before the flood-prone confluence of the Kansas River and Missouri River. The Kansas River near De Soto and Lenape, Kansas The Kansas (or Kaw) River is a river in eastern Kansas in the United States. ...
The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the United States. ...
A statue of McCoy is today in Pioneer Park at Westport and Broadway. Also depicted in the statue are Alexander Majors and Jim Bridger. Alexander Majors (1814 - 1900) was a U.S. businessman, often credited along with William Hepburn Russell and William B. Waddel as the founders, owners, and operators of the Pony Express. ...
Jim Bridger Jim or James Bridger (March, 1804 – July 17, 1881) was among the foremost mountain men, trappers, scouts and guides who explored and trapped the Western United States during the decades of 1820-1840. ...
He is buried in Union Cemetery.
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