Kansas City History

The Curious Case of The Animals at The Landing Mall

It’s been 60 years since Jac T Bowen’s sculptures were seen, so where are they?

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Log cabin church

The Story Behind Kansas City’s Oldest Church

What’s Kansas City’s oldest church? curiousKC investigates.

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Announcing curiousKC Kids and the Winning Question

Learn which question won in Flatland’s first curiousKC Kids voting round.

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Old Westport

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,…

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Kansas City skyline

What Are the 3 Oldest Buildings in KC?

This is my first foray into answering a curiousKC question. I decided to answer (what I thought would be) a straightforward history question thrown our way by Kansas Citian Stacey McBride. “What are the top three oldest surviving buildings in Kansas City?” “How hard could it be?” I thought. It’s just math. A simple equation:…

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