Kansas City Missouri History and Cartography (1869)

[@faunchmonster9650]

Born and raised here. Lived in the city my whole life. Happy to help if you need.

[@PatrickMallahan]

That public school was HUMBOLDT School, 12th & Locust, in honor of Wilhelm von Humboldt(1868). The 'Christian College' was 1st Christian Church. The location of Humboldt School is now occupied by Kansas City City Hall and the location of 1st Christian Church is now occupied by the Kansas City Municipal Court.

[@BravuraMediaCompany]

+Patrick Mallahan Okay good, thank you for confirming those locations and their present status.

[@gregb6469]

There were about 30,000 people in KC when this map was made. Since there were fewer than 4500 in 1860, the city was growing by leaps and bounds.

[@kcstoneguy]

I have this map in my house ! What’s cool is it shows the hills on the riverbanks , these were all hauled off. They were deposited by the glaciers and formed the valley for the Missouri river

[@christophermoult5355]

I feel you can't tell the whole story without including the topography of Independence MO. located right next to KC going east. I have a framed inage of that and will share it once I get home later today.

[@justkatrinka]

Mounds!!! The houses are on burial mounds!!! I need this map! I can tell you the name of everything- I'm KC born & raised!

[@TheMrdavidlangley]

Indian burial mounds. Hmmm. Very interesting, indeed. Good eye!!!

[@bubmoley1194]

The mounds were for river navigation. Not burial.

[@RaeTheMartian]

Burial mounds?

[@tcripper]

Northeast KCMO has two indian mounds still there.

[@abigailbush5639]

I liked this! Most interesting! My parents were from Kansas City, MO. Thank you.

[@danielpilgrim5897]

What are parents Facebook names

[@abigailbush9369]

But they are deceased--not on Facebook, and I only recently joined FB. @@danielpilgrim5897

[@danielpilgrim5897]

@@abigailbush9369 oh okay

[@danielpilgrim5897]

@@abigailbush9369 can we be friends

[@HarryGelbach]

Super cool😊

[@melindaoddo613]

I AM 60 YEARS OLD !!! I HAD THIS #PICTURE MY BROTHER #GLUED IT ON HIS BEDROOM WALL !!!

[@kcguy8864]

Thats an awesome memory! Thanks for sharing

[@melindaoddo613]

I PAINTED THE BOWLING ALLEY ON ST. JOHN I THINK IT CALLED NORTHEAST BOWL ! THIS WAS HANGING THERE AND THEY GAVE IT TO ME FOR PAINTING !

[@faunchmonster9650]

Are you from KC?

[@hildamejia2047]

kcmo originally named can you see me dad was priviously built for a baseball game before its time

[@hildamejia2047]

built for a baseball game before its time

[@susanclark6987]

Fascinating...kcmo native also...thanks...

[@pinkiesue849]

Where are the buildings they dug out of the mud?

[@ahuffman979]

Kansas City native here... really really like this map! This shows mostly what is now North Kansas City...my stompin grounds.

[@XTen1000DaysX]

Hey I live in north KC as well, is that bridge on the map the same bridge by the river market and that trail people run on next to the river?

[@ahuffman979]

@@XTen1000DaysX No, I think that's the rail bridge just east of the Broadway Bridge (169 Hwy).

[@XTen1000DaysX]

@@ahuffman979 that is the bridge i was referring to the broadway bridge by river market. You think that rail way bridge is the same one on the map in the video?

[@ahuffman979]

@@XTen1000DaysX The bridge by River Market, with the pedestrian lane, is the Heart of America Bridge (9 Hwy/Burlington).

[@billtaylor292]

Sorry no. View is looking southwest, towards downtown. The bridge is the Hannibal, built in the 1850's. First across the Missouri, I believe. Later they built the Broadway bridge right next to it. Remember the toll booths? I think they remove those in the late 1980s.

[@billbye2427]

Hanibul Bridge

[@billbye2427]

built in 1857

[@bwest8372]

Independence still has the old jail up there

[@CJColvin]

Why did they chose Kansas city to be the main one in Missouri and not Kansas.

[@Lteeno_heet]

CJ Colvin Because ks was not even a state when Kansas City, MO was incorporated

[@CJColvin]

M That's a very good point my friend and I'm sure a lot of people from the state of Kansas don't want to hear it.

[@justkatrinka]

Kansas City was always in MO- our ppl tried like hell to keep KS from calling itself "Kansas" because of confusion. There was a lot of controversy when they mapped the KS/ MO border and that's why top left corner isn't square on maps.

[@kathyboxx3678]

Because KCMO built the first bridge solidifying their leadership in the community.

[@billtaylor292]

Named after Kansa tribe Kansa's City Seriously