History

How Is “Switzer Road” Really Pronounced?

How Is ‘Switzer Road’ Really Pronounced?

curiousKC investigates the history behind the name Switzer Road.

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David Wallace

Truman Family Secrets

A new book recounts the suicide that shadowed the family of Harry Truman.

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Buck O'Neil stands with a statue of himself in the Negro League Baseball Museum in 2005.

A Game-Changing Legacy

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is marking the centennial of the Negro National League, formed on Feb. 13, 1920 in Kansas City.

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Kansas City Monarchs team photo from 1934

Kansas City’s Clash of The Titans

Learn the history of the short-lived Monarchs and Blues baseball rivalry in the ’20s.

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Missouri River channel

Taming the Mighty Mo

Port KC President and CEO Jon Stephens provides a brief curiousKC history of the channeling of the Missouri River.

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