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Clay County’s Colorful History Left Some (Land)marks

By | February 4, 2022 |

Jesse James Jr., son of outlaw Jesse James, is second from left in the front row in this family picture taken at the family farm in the early 1900s.

In 2019 restoration crews began work on a 200-year-old Clay County cabin. They daubed the cabin’s interior walls and stabilized its foundation, inspecting and replacing deteriorated hand-hewn logs. On one of them they noticed a charred spot where flames once had left their signature in the wood. The scorch mark was not a total surprise. …

curiousKC | How the People Who Are Native to KC Lived, and Why Their Story Has Been Erased

By | November 29, 2021 |

A multi-colored mural of Osage Nation members against a light pink backdrop. This story outlines the erasure of one of the many Native American nations who resided on what we now know at Kansas City.

The story of how Kansas City came to be often eliminates the story of the tribes who were forcibly removed. This is the story of the Osage Nation.

curiousKC | (Kansas City’s) Westside Story

By | November 1, 2021 |

Kansas City's Westside community has deep roots, that have a storied history tied to immigration. (Missouri Valley Special Collections | Kansas City Public Library)

Kansas City’s Westside community has deep roots, that have ties to the story of immigration.

curiousKC | Resurrecting Rattlebone Hollow

By | October 11, 2021 |

One of the remaining original streets of Rattlebone Hollow.

The curiousKC team explores the forgotten history of a Kansas City, Kansas, neighborhood that produced a famous boxer, at least two millionaires, and a man who barely missed becoming the first Black astronaut.