History
‘Who Lived in the Kansas City Museum?’
Did you know? The Corinthian Hall, a four-story mansion that was finished in 1910, is now the Kansas City Museum.
How Did Trails West Influence The Growth of Westport?
Gary Jenkins has always been interested in the trails that ran through town before Kansas City was even on the map. He volunteers on camping trips with teenagers from the Kansas State School for the Blind along the Oregon Trail. And near his home at 44th Street and State Line Road in Kansas City, Missouri,…
Kansas City, This is the History Question We’re Digging Into
This story has been updated to include voting round results. Kansas Citians love their barbecue. But curiousKC has revealed something else: We also have an insatiable appetite for local history. So after combing through tons of questions submitted to us, we narrowed it down to three different topics: early TV, wagons and animals. It was…
How One Kansas City Hospital Treated Segregation in the ‘50s
Queen of the World Hospital was a beacon of unity at a time when black and white citizens were segregated. “Non-white” Kansas Citians – categorized as black and Mexican at the time – had limited options for health services.
Update: Waiter! There Is A Bug In My Pizza
Update: After this story was published on Jan. 16, Kansas Citians wrote to us asking if the restaurant on Independence Avenue was somehow connected to the one they knew on Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park, Kansas. The answer is yes, the two were linked, according to longtime Pitch writer Charles Ferruzza. Members of the Kansas City…