The statue of the three people who formed the foundation of Kansas City. He stands on Kansas City Pioneer Square in the Westport area. From the left are Alexander Majors, John Calvin McCoy, and Jim Bridger.

Kansas City, Missouri became a formal municipality in 1850. The area centered around the junction of the Missouri and Kansas rivers was considered a good place to build settlements.

Exploration and settlement

The first European to whom the first record of his visit to this area is the French explorer Etienne de Veniar (Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont). Veniar was also the first European to explore the lower reaches of the Missouri River. When he was criticized for failing to deal with the Native American attack in Fort Detroit, which is now in Detroit, he left the fort to avoid the French authorities and lived with his Native American wife in a village of the Missouri people, about 145km east of the site, and engaged in illegal fur transactions.

In 1713, Veniar wrote Exact Description of Louisiana, of Its Harbors, Lands and Rivers, and Names of the Indian Tribes That Occupy It, and and the Commerce and Advantages to Be Derived Therefrom for the Establishment of a Colony (the exact description of business transactions and profits gained by the construction of Louisiana ports, lands, rivers, and native American tribes living there, and settlements) in 1713, and The Route to Be Taken to Ascend the Missouri River. (which should be taken to go back to the Missouri River) in 1714. In these documents, Benialdo also mentioned the junction of Grnade Riv[iere] des Cansez (Kansas River) and the Missouri River. Guillalume Delisle, a French cartographer, used this description to make an accurate map of the region.

When the Paris Convention was concluded in 1763, this area became a territory of Spain. However, Spain was not very involved in this area other than imposing taxes and issuing traffic permits, and France continued to trade fur under Spanish licenses. In 1765, the Chute family, based in St. Louis under Spanish authorization, carried out fur transactions in the lower reaches of the Missouri River. However, it was when Francois Chauteau founded the Stoos Landing in 1821 that the Chute family advanced westward to this place.

The Lewis and Clark Expedition's guide describes the way that the expedition took in Missouri. Quality Hill District.

After the acquisition of Louisiana, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which had left St. Louis for the west, visited the area where the Kansas River and the Missouri River meet and described the Quality Hill area as "a good place to build a fort".

In 1833, John Calvin McCoy established Westport (the present Westport area) along the Santa Fe Trail, about five kilometers away from the Missouri River. In the following year, 1834, McCoy built the Westport Landing along the Missouri River as a boarding ground for Westport. Soon after, a group of investors, Kansas Town Company, started to settle in the area. The Kansas Town Company was named after the English name of Cansez, Kansas. In 1850, the place became a formal town as the Town of Kansas.

At that time, the three towns of Town of Kansas, Westport and Independence were very important in expanding their territory to the western part of the United States. The three west trails, Santa Fe, California, and Oregon, all started from Jackson County, where the three towns are located.

On February 22, 1853, a new mayor was elected and City of Kansas was established. The city had a population of only 1.8km² and 2,500. At that time the border was between the Missouri River in the north, the current 9th Street in the south, Bluff Street in the west, and Holmes Reed Street in the east and Charlotte Street in the east.

Civil War

When the Civil War broke out, hostility began to arise in this area. While Missouri was a slave state since the French colonial period, Kansas, which was promoted to a state in 1861, chose to be a free state by a referendum. Many people who lived in this area and opposed slavery moved to Kansas. The two states were first to fight in a ballot box and then bloody.

During the Civil War, City of Kansas was in the middle of a war. Most of the battles fought in this area ended in the victory of the Northern Army. In the Battle of Independence in August 1862, the Southern Army advanced to Northern Missouri and brought Kansas City under the control of the Allies. but it did not last long. In 1864, the Northern Army won the Battle of Westport and the Allies' dominion over Kansas City was over. However, when the Southern Army's William Quentril succeeded in invading Lawrence, Kansas, the western suburb, four counties of Missouri, including Jackson County, were ordered to evacuate by the Northern Army's Thomas Ewing.

after the Civil War

Bird's-eye view of Kansas City (January 1869, A. Written by Ruger, by Merchants Lith.)

After the Civil War, City of Kansas developed rapidly. In 1867, the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railway (Hannibal & St..) Joseph Railroad) was to be branched off by Cameron along the way, and to connect it to the railway that runs through Kansas City, a plan was made to build the Hannibal Bridge on the Missouri River. When the Hannibal Bridge was built in 1869, the population of the city dramatically increased and it established its status as a central city in the area. In the following year of 1870, the City of Kansas counted 32,260 people. In 1889, the City of Kansas was renamed Kansas City, and the city spread south and east. On December 2, 1897, Kansas City annexed Westport.

Eventually, George KESLER, a city planner, started the urban beauty movement. Wide streets and parks were established throughout Kansas City, and in 1914 Union Station was moved to its current location. After World War I, in 1923, Liberty Memorial was built to the south of Union Station as a memorial for the war dead. The two buildings became landmarks on the south side of the downtown area. Further, development progressed to the south, and in 1925, the construction of the country club plaza started based on the country club area development plan.

Pendergast era

In the early 20th century, the machine emerged in Kansas City. Around 1925, a machine led by Tom Pendergast gained power and even controlled the city government. In order to make it easier for the Democratic machine to control the city's administration, Pendergast drastically reduced the number of City Assembly members from 32 to 9 and placed a corrupt City Manager. Key buildings, such as the Kansas City Hall and the Jackson County District Court, were also built by Pendergast at the time. In the United States of America at that time, there was the Temperance Law, but Pendergast made the Temperance Law famous and protected the illegal business of night clubs in the city. When Pendergast was convicted of tax evasion in 1939, the power of the machine also declined. However, Pendergast and his machine triggered Harry S. Truman to run the political world.

post-World War II

After World War II, wealthy residents of Kansas City moved to the eastern part of Jackson County and the suburbs of Johnson County, Kansas Province and so on, and the number of such areas rapidly profiled. Also, many people moved over the Missouri River to the north side of Kansas City, which was newly annexed to Kansas City from the 1940s to 1970s. As a result, the population of the city continued to increase numerically until the 1960s, although the city was gradually hollowed out as in many major cities in the Midwest. In 1970, the peak reached 507,087 people.

In 1940, the population of the city was about 400,000. In 2000, the population of the city was about 440,000, but in the area that was the city area in 1940, less than half of the population at that time, only about 180,000 people lived there. From 1940 to 1960, the city area has more than doubled in size, but the population has increased by only about 75,000. In 1970, the city area exceeded 800km², which was more than five times as large as it was in 1940.

The main cause of the Kansas City sprawl is the increasing racial tensions caused by the Civil Rights Movement and the frequent riots. While the inner cities are formed by the inner cities, the inner cities are far from the inner cities. The suburban statues created after World War II and the "American Dream" also caused the sprawl in Kansas City. Inner City declined further as the city sprawled.

The sprawl is still in progress in Jackson County. The Clay County adjacent to the north of the Lake District has begun to be spooled again. However, in recent years, redevelopment of downtown has progressed, and the pace of the sprawl has slowed. Devastated inner cities are also being refurbished by New Urbanism.

current downtown with skyscrapers lined up

Kansas City, Missouri, is located 39 degrees 6 minutes 0 seconds north latitude and 94 degrees 35 minutes 0 seconds west longitude. According to the Bureau of Statistics of the United States, Kansas City has a total area of 823.7km² (318.0 mi²). 812.1km² (313.5mi²) is land and 11.6km² (4.5mi²) is water area. The area accounts for 1.41% of the total area. The city extends from Jackson County (the center of the map on the left) to four counties, namely Clay County, Platte County, County, County, County, North-West, and Cus County, County, South. Kansas City's metropolitan area spans 15 counties in Missouri and Kansas.

The topography of Kansas City is often considered flat like that of Chicago and New York, but in fact it is very undulating. The Kansas City area is basin-like, and the northern and southern areas are lined with ice-shaved limestone and rock-bed cliffs. The urban area of Kansas City has been cut by glaciers in the Pleistocene, and formed into large valleys. The Missouri and Kansas rivers were formed when the glaciers melted and flowed out.

climate

Kansas City is close to the U.S. Geographic Center, where the Kansas River flows to the Missouri River, the second largest river in the United States. As a result, the climate is continental and the temperature is relatively different from that of the other year, and although it is a little dry in the winter, it has a stable amount of rain throughout the year. In the climate division of Keppen, it belongs to a warm wet climate (Cfa). In summer, wet air from the Gulf of Mexico reaches Kansas City, so it is hot and humid, and in July and August, it sometimes exceeds 100°F (37.8°C). In winter, some days are mild and others are cold, and sometimes the temperature falls below 10 degrees below freezing several times a year. Spring and autumn are generally easy to spend, but sometimes they get caught in a thunderstorm.

Kansas City is located in a tornado-like area called Tornado Array. In this area, which almost coincides with the Great Plains, cold air from the Rocky Mountains and Canada and warm air from the Gulf of Mexico combine, creating a strong upward current and creating a tornado. The area around Kansas City was hit by a large tornado in 1957, 1982 and 2003. Kansas City is easily hit by a winter storm. In 2002 a large winter storm hit Kansas City. Also, it is easy to be damaged by floods caused by a large river running near the town. In 1951, the Kansas River was flooded, causing catastrophic damage to downtown airport and Kansas City Stockyard. In 1993, most of the middle basin of the Mississippi River, including Kansas City, was hit by the largest flood in American history.

urban overview

Map of downtown Kansas City. The city's skyscrapers are concentrated in downtown loops (pink on the map).

Kansas City consists of over 150 districts. Some of them were separate from Kansas City and merged with Kansas City. In addition, there are some areas where important events took place.

The city's ordinance states that downtown, located within the Jackson County, ranges from the Missouri River in the north to 31st Street in the south, from I-35 in the west to Bruce R. Watkins Drive (National Route 71) in the east. It includes several historic Westport, Crossroad Art, 18th and Bine Historic Center, Pendleton Heights, Quality Hill District, Westbottom District, and River Market District. The skyscraper is concentrated in a downtown loop surrounded by highways.

The Crown Center, headquartered by Hallmark Cars and having three law firms, is one of the major shopping and entertainment complexes located in downtown. Union Station, where the long-distance train of Amtrak arrives and departs, also has restaurants, various shops, movie theaters and planetarium. The Crown Center and Union Station are connected by an indoor passage.

South of the downtown, the 39th Street area is the center of art and Bohemian culture. There are also restaurants and boutiques on the street. It also extends to the south of the downtown, and the country club district, which includes the Sunset Hill and Brookside, is an upscale residential district in Kansas City. In the area, park roads (mentioned later) and streets are built, and historic houses stand side by side. The country club plaza (also called simply "plaza"), which spreads between 45th Street and 51st Street in the area, is an outdoor luxury shopping entertainment area.

There are more than 200 fountains in Kansas City. For this reason, the city is called Fountain City.

• Quality Hill District

• a fountain in Mill Creek Park adjacent to the country club plaza

• Night Country Club Plaza

redevelopment

Scheduled site of Power and Light, one of the downtown redevelopment projects

The downtown area has been a parking area for a long time, or has been left vacant for a long time. However, recently the area has changed. On the south side of the downtown loop, Cordisch of Baltimore's Real Estate and Entertainment Co. is proceeding with a plan to build an entertainment district called Power and Light District. A new indoor stadium called Sprint Center opened in October 2007 in an area adjacent to the area. The stadium was run by AEG, a sports and music entertainment management company based in Los Angeles, and gained a lot of investment from the company in its construction projects. It was used from the 2008 to 2012 seasons as the home ground of Arena football's Kansas City Brigade, the site of the first and second NCAA men's basketball tournament in 2009, and the NCAA women's basketball tournament was held in 2010. The NBA and NHL teams will also be invited.

park road

Kansas City is known for its wide park roads. The park road runs around the city and has a wide central zone decorated with statues and fountains. An example of such park roads is Ward Parkway, which runs near the border with Kansas. These park roads were originally built as streets where small cars and carriages were run, but many of them were later remodeled to fill the traffic volume and upgraded to highways.

Most of the streets of the residential area used to be lined with American elm. However, as all American elm were killed by disease, various street trees were planted. At present, a program is underway to replace the rapidly growing Momiji-Bufu with a broad leaf tree with a more diverse one.

Downtown Kansas City

Kansas City has the largest city government in Missouri. Kansas City has a City Manager system, but the role of the City Manager has been reduced after Tom Pendergast's overpower regime continued. The mayor is the head of the Kansas City Council, which consists of 12 people. Each city member is selected from 11 districts, and the remaining one is selected as a wild card. The Kansas City mayor election is held every four years and every other odd year unless there is a special reason. Since the last mayor election was held in May 2007, the next one will be held in May 2011 if it is normal.

From the latter half of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century, the Kansas City Government was often driven by the Democratic Party's machine and was corrupt. The most notorious machine in Kansas City history was Tom Pendergast. Supported by Tom Pendergast, he ran the political world from a judge in Jackson County to a senator from Missouri, and later became the vice president of the Franklin Roosevelt administration and the 33rd president was Harry S. Truman.

In addition to Truman, Kansas City has twice been involved in a presidential election in history. At the 1928 Republican Party Congress in Kansas City, Harvard Hoover from Iowa was the presidential candidate. Hoover became the 31st president in 1929. At the 1976 Republican Party Congress in Kansas City, another candidate for vice president, Bob Dole, from Kansas, was elected vice president and ran a presidential election with incumbent President Gerald R. Ford. However, Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale of the Democratic Party lost his vice president.

In the presidential election, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is traditionally strong in Kansas City. However, at the state and city council levels, Republicans sometimes win lands, especially in suburban areas to the north of the city.

Kansas City Exchange

Four companies in Fortune 500 are headquartered in the urban area of Kansas City. The Fortune 1000 has five more companies. Also, Hallmark Cars, the largest greeting card company in the United States, is a company that does not come on the Fortune 500/Fortune 1000 list because it is run by a family of founders, but can come on both lists in terms of gross profits.

In Kansas City, located in the Great Plains, agriculture and livestock industry are also important. There are several agricultural companies in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The Kansas City Commodity Exchange is trading in winter wheat, a main raw material for bread. Wheat trading in the Chicago Board of Trade is being traded at higher prices than the Chicago Board of Trade (WCE), where it is traded for good nutrition. In Kansas City, the production of beef is the third largest in the United States after Chicago Cincinnati.

The Federal Reserve Bank is also located in Kansas City. On the U.S. dollar bills issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, J is printed on the left side of the portrait if it is old, and J10 on the left side. It represents the 10th district under the jurisdiction of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. The 10th district, which includes the entire Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, western Missouri and northern New Mexico, is the second most widely to follow the 12th district of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Missouri is the only state in the United States that has two Federal Reserve Banks in its home state (the other is the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the eighth district). The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has branches in Denver, Oklahoma City and Omaha.

In the era of the prohibition of alcohol in the early 20th century, Kansas City, which was dominated by Tom Pendergast, did not effectively function in the law and time zone for the sale of liquor. In the 1930s, when nightclubs began to operate illegally under the patronage of Pendergast, Kansas City Jazz (described later) became popular, but at the same time, Kansas City Mafia emerged and gangs started to come to Kansas City. In 1933, a shootout called the Kansas City Massacre occurred at Union Station, and four police officers and FBI agents were killed. Bonnie and Clyde fought with the police in a brewery near the site where Kansas City International Airport is now.

Gangs were involved in the 1970s. In a struggle in the River Quay Entertainment district, three buildings were bombed and several gangs were killed. A police investigation revealed that Kansas City Chiefs had negotiated a stake in the fourth Super Bowl football gambling under Minnesota Vikings. The investigation extended to the Stardust casino in Las Vegas and swept the Kansas City Mafia in the area. This series of events was later written in a novel and became the subject of the film "Casino" starring Robert De Niro in 1995.

Even today, the security of Kansas City is not very good. According to data from the 2005 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the number of killings in Kansas City was 126, or 28.5 per 100,000. The figure was not as bad as St. Louis in the state (131 cases / 37.6 cases per 100,000 cases), but more than four times that of New York or more than two times that of Los Angeles. A 2006 survey by Morgan Quitnot announced that Kansas City is the 16th most dangerous city in the United States.

Most violent crimes, including murder, occur in Inner City near downtown. The high crime rate has lowered the city's indicator of "ease of living," and it has become an obstacle to the revitalization of downtown that has been conducted between the 1970s and 1990s. In recent years, reconstruction of downtown has succeeded, and there are signs that people will return to the city center, but the crime rate in areas with high poverty rate in Inner City remains high.

Kansas City has developed as an important traffic hub since ancient times. In the West Reclamation Era, the settlers put their boats on this land where the Missouri River and the Kansas River meet, and then started to go further west through the Santa Fe Trail, the Oregon Trail, and the California Trail. When the Hannibal Bridge was built over the Missouri River, it developed as the center of railway traffic. In the 20th century, Trans World Airlines planned to build a hub for the world's airways in Kansas City.

airport

Kansas City International Airport

The airport, which serves as the gateway to Kansas City, is about 24km northwest of downtown Kansas City International Airport, located in Pratt County. The airport was originally built as a Mid-Continental airport after a devastating flood in 1951 in downtown. Later, in order to take off and land a new airplane, such as Boeing 747, Kansas City decided to expand the Mid-Continental Airport to become the city's main airport, due to the fact that downtown Airport was very small and there was a problem with safety because of downtown Kansas City on the take off and landing path. The airport, which was renamed Kansas City International Airport in 1972 and opened, was used by 10.6 million people in 2006. The airport has flights from major cities throughout the country, including hub airports for major airlines.

Trans World Airlines was based at the former airport downtown. Today, it is exclusively used as an airport for private aircraft, charter aircraft and air show, and there is the Museum of Aviation History.

interstate expressway

I-70 through Kansas City

After World War II, Missouri and Kansas were the earliest states in the United States to start building interstate highways. I-70, built in the early stages of construction, is one of the most important roads in Missouri, which connects Kansas City and St. Louis, and it is one of the major links that cross the continent, from St. Louis to Baltimore by way of Indianapolis and Columbus to the east, and from Topica and Denver to the west, to Utah. The I-435, an annular road in the Kansas City metropolitan area, is the second longest belt road in the United States after the I-495 (194.3km length) in Boston, which is 130km long. Kansas City also has I-35, one of the north-south arterial lines, and I-29, starting from Kansas City and running to the Canadian border in North Dakota.

railroad

Amtrak's Kansas City Union station is on the West Pershing Road 30. At Kansas City Union Station, the night long-distance train, South West Chief, which connects Los Angeles and Chicago and runs parallel to the old National Route 66, makes one round trip a day. It is also the terminal point and starting point of the Missouri Line, which runs two round trips a day between St. Louis and Kansas City, for the Missouri Line during the daytime. The middle-distance train will also stop at Jefferson City, Missouri.

public transportation

In the first half of the 20th century, mass transit in Kansas City was mainly provided by train. Between 1900 and 1939, interurban trains with a distance of more than 80km were operated in various areas of the Kansas City metropolitan area. A trolley bus ran in the city until 1959. However, the city's rapid sprawl resulted in the discontinuation of these electric train systems, replacing the route buses operated by the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority. In Kansas City today, the main public transportation system is this bus.

In July 2005, the Kansas City Regional Transportation Bureau introduced a new bus transportation system called The MAX. The MAX is an abbreviation for Metro Area Express (urban express). The bus route departs from the downtown City Market and takes you to the Country Club Plaza and the southern part of Kansas City via many stops on the Main Street. At the beginning of the introduction, in order to have the bus operate on time, the bus was scheduled to have a function to extend the time of the blue signal. However, as of September 2006, its function has not been realized.

Kansas City has no subway or light rail system. In the past, there have been calls for construction, but it has been rejected by a vote. On November 7, 2006, a plan to build a light rail system was approved with 53% approval. The proposed route was to pass downtown from Kansas City Zoo to Kansas City International Airport. However, the proposal is still being criticized for its financial resources. In addition, a plan to revive trolley buses and streetcars is also proposed in downtown. In 2016, the KC Streetcar was opened.

higher education

• University of Missouri Kansas City
• Avila University

Music

Jazz

Kansas City Jazz flourished in the 1930s and was a bridge that changed from the Big Bang to the 1940s. In the 1930s, nightclubs in Kansas City were running all night under the protection of Tom Pendergast, virtually escaping the ban on the prohibition of drinking. Such nightclubs were standing all over Kansas City, especially in the 18th and Vine district. In addition, from its geographical location, Kansas City often used to be a place through which a band was traveling for performances across the continent.

There were many jazz musicians who left Kansas City to New York. Count Basey, who was working in Kansas City in 1929, was noticed by John Hammond and moved to New York in 1936, led by Hammond. This has made Kansas City Jazz the country's attention. Charlie Parker, who was born and raised in Kansas City and was influenced by Kansas City Jazz in his boyhood, moved to New York in 1939 and founded Vibapu in the 1940s to build the foundation of modern jazz. Melba Riston, a female jazz trombonist, is also from Kansas City.

The end of Kansas City Jazz was also destined to live with Pendergast. In 1939, when Pendergast was convicted of tax evasion, the city authorities tightened restrictions on nightclubs. This brought the end of the Kansas City Jazz era.

In the 1970s, there was a movement in Kansas City to revive Jazz in a healthy environment that was friendly to family. The attempt to open a jazz club in the River Quay area along the Missouri River eventually brought an end to the gang struggle in the area and led to the eradication of the influence of the Kansas City Mafia that had spread to Las Vegas (previously mentioned). A film director from Kansas City, Robert Altman, produced the movie "Kansas City" (starring Jennifer Jason Lee), which portrayed the Kansas City Jazz period. Kansas City was released in 1996. In 1997, the American Jazz Museum opened in the 18th and Vine district.

Classical music and operas

Kansas City Symphony, an orchestra of Kansas City, was founded in 1982 to take over the Kansas City Philharmonic, which was established in 1933. Michael Stern is the conductor of Kansas City Symphony. Stern debuted in New York Philharmonic, studied under Leonard Bernstein, and after working as a vice conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, he moved from place to place in the world, and in 2005 assumed the chief conductor of Kansas City Symphony.

Founded in 1970, the Ririck Opera of Kansas City is one of the largest regional opera companies in the United States. Lilick Opera of Kansas City has four or five regular performances a year. Originally all of the performances were held in English, but from the late 1990s, the performances began to be held in the original language.

The Kansas City Ballet, established in 1957, is a ballet troupe of 25 professional dancers and trainees. The Kansas City Ballet has three annual schedules and performs a wide range of genres, from classical ballet to contemporary ballet. From 1980 to 1985, Todd BONDER, a famous dancer and choreographer, ran the ballet company. From 1986 to 2000, Kansas City Ballet merged with Dance St. Louis to form the State Ballet of Missouri.

Both the Kansas City Symphony, the Lillik Opera of Kansas City and the Kansas City Ballet are performing at the downtown Lillik Theater, and in 2009, the company plans to move its base to the Cowman Acting Art Center, which is currently under construction.

food culture

Kansas City, an ancient livestock center, is known for its steak and barbecue.

Kansas City was known for strip steak from the height of Kansas City Stockyard. Strip steak is a steak made from a part called Short Loan, which is similar to sirloin or tenderloin among ribs. A strip steak with a T-shaped bone and a tenderloin is called a T-bone steak because of its shape. These steaks are regarded as high quality products, just like sarloins and tenderloins. In addition to Kansas City, strip steak from New York is also famous, but Kansas City strip steak is similar to New York strip steak, so it is sometimes simply called "strip steak". The famous steak shop was Golden Ox, located near the Kansas City Livestock Exchange in Stockyard. Kansas City Stockyard was the second largest in the U.S. after Chicago, but was closed without recovery after being devastated by the 1951 flood.

Kansas City style barbecue

As with Texas, North Carolina, and Memphis, Kansas City is also known for its Barbecue, called World Capital of Barbecue (the world's Barbecue city). There are more than 90 barbecue restaurants in the Kansas City metropolitan area. In addition to the traditional rodeos, the American Royal, a fair of domestic and horse products held annually in October and November, holds the world's largest barbecue contest.

The Kansas City style barbecue was originally brought from Memphis by Henry Perry in the early 1900s and flourished in the 18th and Bine areas. Arthur Bryant's took over Perry's restaurant and used molasses to add sweetness. In 1946, one of Arthur Bryants's chefs opened Gates and Sons Bar-B-Q independently. In Kansas City, these two are said to be the old stores of Barbecue, but neither of them had stores outside the Kansas City metropolitan area.

In 1977, Rich Davis, a child psychologist, was a Barbecue sauce he formulated with K.C. Soul Style Barbecue sauce (K.C.) Soul Style Barbecue Sauce). Davis changed his name to KC MasterPiece (KC MasterPiece) and sold it at Lockx's Kingsford branch in 1986. Davis used the sauce and name to obtain a restaurant license and began operating at Overland Park, Kansas, in the suburbs.

Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue is one of the famous barbecue restaurants in Kansas City. The chain, which started operations in 1957, has four restaurants as of November 2006 in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The store's barbecue was introduced on its food and history channels and came to be distributed throughout the United States.

sport

Kaufman Stadium

Alohead Stadium full of Chiefs' Games

Kansas City, a regional center, also has some professional sports. The Kansas City Royals, a major league team established in 1969, is part of the American League Middle Area (initially the West Area). From the latter half of the 1970s to the 1980s, he had won seven regional victories, including the victory over St. Louis Cardinals in 1985 to win the world championship, and he enjoyed a golden age. At one point (in the 1990s and 2000s), the winning ratio was sometimes less than 40%, but in recent years it has been revived and won the American League title in 2014. In 2015, he defeated the New York Mets and won his second world championship in 30 years. The Royals are based in Kaufman Stadium.

On the other hand, Dallas Texans, an AFL (merged with the NFL in 1970) established in 1960, moved to Kansas City in 1962 and changed his name to Kansas City Chiefs. In 1970, Chief won the last Super Bowl before the merger with the NFL. After the NFL merger, he belonged to the AFC West district, which remained low from the 1970s to the 1980s, but after the 1990s, he did not participate in the Super Bowl, but he achieved a stable result. In 2006, he also took part in the playoffs, but was defeated by Indianapolis Colts, led by Peyton Manning. Chief is based in Alohead Stadium. Alohead Stadium is located next to Kaufman Stadium. It is rare in the United States that baseball and football stadiums stand side by side on the same site.

The Arrow Head Stadium is often used not only in the NFL but also in college football for the Big 12 Conference Championship. Also, Alohead Stadium was used as the home ground for Kansas City Wizards, a major league soccer team, until 2007. The Wizards is one of the teams that have been taking part in the Major League Soccer game since its opening in 1996.

The Kemper Arena, built on the site of Kansas City Stockyard, is the home of the Kansas City Brigade, an arena football team established in 2006. In Kember Arena, men's college basketball Big 12 conference tournaments are often held. Women's tournaments are often held in the adjacent city hall. Since 2008, the base of Brigades has moved to the new Sprint Center. The Big 12 Conference Tournament in March 2008 was also held at the Sprint Center. Plans to invite NBA and NHL teams to the Sprint Center are also underway.

urban population

The population of each of the counties that form the metropolitan area of Kansas City and the metropolitan area is as follows (National Census of 2010).

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Kansas City Overland Park Kansas City Metropolitan Area

urban population transition

Below is a graph and chart showing the population transition from 1860 to 2010 in Kansas City, Missouri.

a beauty spot in Kurashiki City, one of the sister cities of Kansas City

Kansas City has a sister-city alliance with the following 13 cities.2

• Arusha (Tanzania)
• Guadalajara, Mexico
• Kurashiki City (Okayama Prefecture, Japan)
• San Nicolas de los Garza (Mexico)
• Xi'an (People's Republic of China)
• Seville (Spain)
• Tainan (Taiwan)
• Hanover, Germany
• Freetown (Sierra Leone)
• Port Harcourt (Nigeria)
• Female, France
• Morelia, Mexico
• Ramra (Israel)

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• Hyatt Regency Footbridge crash

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• Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City - Federal Reserve Bank site in Kansas City
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• Images of Kansas City (English) - From the US Library
• Kansas City - City of Fountains - Kansas City Fountain Database
• Blues and Jazz (English)
• The Kansas City Symphony (English)
• The Kansas City Ballet (English)
• Kansas City Restaurant Guide (English)
• Things to do in Kansas City for Halloween (English)
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