Kansas’s Kansas City

In 1872 “old” Kansas City, Kansas was incorporated.

Fourteen years later Kansas City added the independent settlements of Wyandotte City, Armstrong, Riverview and Armordale to the city’s footprint. Combining these settlements to create a “new” Kansas City.

Twenty-four years later, Kansas City annexed Argentine.

Quindaro – originally a free state port and an Underground Railroad station alongside the Missouri River – was annexed by Kansas City in 1923.

One of the coolest neighborhoods in Kansas City, Kansas is Strawberry Hill.

Located at the confluence of the Kansas River and the Missouri River, Strawberry Hill’s history is intertwined with the West Bottoms.

Established in the late-1800’s, at the height of Kansas City’s cattle industry early in the 20th Century, most of Strawberry Hill’s residents were employed by the meat-packing industry.

Kansas City’s meat packers were located in the nearby West Bottoms.