Nell Donnelly Reed, the Missouri River and Walt Disney pictured here represent the four questions up for a vote in the March 2021 curiousKC voting round.
(Left) Nell Donnelly Reed, the rivers in the Kansas City area and Walt Disney are the topics up for a vote in this month's voting round. (Collage | State Historical Society of Missouri, Missouri Valley Special Collections)

curiousKC | History Questions Up for Vote This Month

March 1, 2021  |    |  1 min read

 

Part of boundless curiosity is looking back in time. We wonder why or how things came to be. We wonder about local legends’ legacies and how they got started. 

So, that’s what’s up for a vote in March. You can have a say in what the curiousKC team reports next. And if these questions inspire you to ask one of your own, scroll to the bottom of the page to write to us!

Voting ends April 4.

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