 Kelly's at 500 Westport Road or neighboring Chouteau's Store at 504 Westport are considered to be the oldest buildings still standing in Kansas City Westport is a historic neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Originally its own town, it was annexed by Kansas City in 1897. Today, it is one of Kansas City's main entertainment districts. 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. ...
Pony Express statue in St. ...
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. ...
John Calving McCoy (center) is honored along with Alexander Majors (left) and Mountainman James Bridger at Pioneer Square in Westport in Kansas City. ...
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. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3072x2304, 1545 KB) Kellys Westport in Kansas City, Missouri. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3072x2304, 1545 KB) Kellys Westport in Kansas City, Missouri. ...
Kellys at 500 Westport or the adjoining Chouteau Store at 504 Westport are considered to be the oldest buildings still standing in Kansas City. ...
A neighbourhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community located within a larger city or suburb. ...
Nickname: City of Fountains or Heart of America Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ...
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Annexation (Latin ad, to, and nexus, joining) is the legal incorporation of some territory into another geo-political entity (either adjacent or non-contiguous). ...
1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Westport was first settled by Reverend Isaac McCoy and his family in 1831, along the Missouri River. It was platted three years later, and formally incorporated in February of 1857. Isaac's son John Calvin McCoy is generally considered the "father of Kansas City" after he formally founded the town and then got his supplies from a rocky point on the Missouri River at between Grand and Main Street that became known as "Westport's Landing." When the landing became so popular young McCoy and other residents banded together to form the "Town of Kansas" company to buy the land. Isaac McCoy (June 13, 1784-1845) was a Baptist missionary to mid-western Native Americans in the United States in the early 19th Century. ...
Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the United States. ...
A contemporary plat map showing the location of a property for sale. ...
1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
John Calving McCoy (center) is honored along with Alexander Majors (left) and Mountainman James Bridger at Pioneer Square in Westport in Kansas City. ...
The community thrived during the mid-1800s as an outfitter for migrants traveling any of the four now-historic trails (Oregon, California, Santa Fe and Lewis & Clark) which went through the area. National Historic Trail is a designation for a protected area in the United States containing historic trails and surrounding areas. ...
The Ox Team or the Old Oregon Trail 1852-1906 by Ezra Meeker. ...
Main route of California Trail (thick red line), including Applegate-Lassen and Beckwourth variations (thinner red lines) The California Trail was a major overland emigrant route across the Western United States from Missouri to California in the middle 19th century. ...
Trail logo The Santa Fe Trail was a historic 19th century transportation route across southwestern North America connecting Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico. ...
Lewis and Clark The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806) was the first United States overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back, led by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark of the United States Army. ...
During the Civil War, there were many skirmishes between pro- and anti-slavery groups in the area, and the Civil War's Battle of Westport was fought there in October of 1864. Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Lincoln, President Ulysses S. Grant, General Jefferson Davis, President Robert E. Lee, General Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action...
Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Lincoln, President Ulysses S. Grant, General Jefferson Davis, President Robert E. Lee, General Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action...
The Battle of Westport, sometimes referred to as the Gettysburg of Missouri, was fought on October 23, 1864, in present-day Kansas City, Missouri, during the American Civil War. ...
1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
After the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 and the Civil War, Westport's role as the starting point for migrants slowly declined, even as nearby Kansas City grew. It was annexed by Kansas City in 1897. This 1854 map shows slave states (grey), free states (red), and US territories (green) with Kansas in center (white). ...
1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Today, Westport is known as a center of entertainment and nightlife (including blues music) in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. Blues music redirects here. ...
The Kansas City Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area situated at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers (Kaw Point) and straddling the state border between Missouri and Kansas. ...
See also Main route of California Trail (thick red line), including Applegate-Lassen and Beckwourth variations (thinner red lines) The California Trail was a major overland emigrant route across the Western United States from Missouri to California in the middle 19th century. ...
The Ox Team or the Old Oregon Trail 1852-1906 by Ezra Meeker. ...
The Oregon-California Trails Association is an interdisciplinary organization based at Independence, Missouri. ...
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