Early Kansas City, Missouri

by Leigh Ann Little, John M. Olinskey, John M Olinskey

Book Overview

In 1821, Fran ois Chouteau set up a fur-trading outpost along the Missouri River, bringing the first settlement of Europeans to what would become Kansas City, named after the Kansa tribe of Native Americans who inhabited the area. At the center of a growing nation, the "City on the Bluff" would build and thrive as a river town, a gateway to the West, and a railroad hub, absorbing the influences of pioneers and immigrants traveling through or making...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738590967
• ISBN13: 9780738590967
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.1"