curiousKC: What Question About KC History Is Your Favorite?
November 2, 2020 | | 1 min read
Flatland receives a lot of questions about Kansas City’s history.
Below we’ve curated four questions from readers, ranging from burial markers for a Kansas police officer in the 1870s to traveling cowboy stars stopping by Children’s Mercy Hospital in the 1950s. Sure, this is a mixed bag of queries but they were all too fascinating to ignore.
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