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curiousKC | Learn One Kansas City Street’s Royal History

By | December 28, 2020 |

Charlotte Street, the sign pictured here, was named after prominent early KC figure, Charlotte Campbell. Campbell was the wife of John Campbell, and was a descendant of the Duke of Argyll.

Ever wonder what the story is behind Charlotte Street’s name? curiousKC’s got the answer.

curiousKC | Parkville Reckons With Its Storied Past

By | December 21, 2020 |

Archival photos are laid on a tan piece of paper, denoting how our journalist traced down the history of Parkville.

In 1956, Pearl Spencer was one of the first Black students to enroll in Parkville’s newly integrated high school. Spencer and her siblings still vividly remember their experiences growing up Black in Parkville – the good, the bad and the ugly. A reader asked curiousKC to look into who lives in what was once the…

curiousKC | Excavating the History of Steptoe, Westport’s Lost Black Neighborhood

By | December 7, 2020 |

Church in Steptoe neighborhood

The curiousKC team explores the fascinating history of Steptoe, a lost Black neighborhood in Westport.

curiousKC: What Question About KC History Is Your Favorite?

By | November 2, 2020 |

This is an interior view of the Baltimore Hotel, once owned by the Dean family. (Missouri Valley Special Collections)

It’s that time again. Pick the question our curiousKC team reports on next.

curiousKC | When Sutera’s Restaurant Was a Sports Betting Hub

By | November 2, 2020 |

Sports betting lines.

Sutera’s Restaurant, a popular Brookside hot spot, was at the center of a notorious sports gambling investigation in the 1980s.