History

Horseman and children's book author Trae Q. L. Venerable.

Black Cowboys: Then and Now

Horseman and children’s author Trae Venerable is a living legacy of underappreciated Black cowboys.

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An advertisement of the KCMO-TV Tower from the '60s. (eBay)

curiousKC | A Quick History Lesson on the TV Tower Near 31st and Main Street

Here’s your brief history lesson on the red steel tower at 31st Street and Main Street.

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George and Sylvester “Pat” Johnson, Reuben Benton and Leroy Doty came to be known as “The Foursome.”

KC Filmmakers Tee Up Documentary on Black Golfers

In March 1950, four Black men placed their fees on the counter of the whites-only Swope Memorial Golf Course and left to tee off. Slashed tires, broken windows and a decade-long battle to assert the right for equal play on Kansas City’s golf courses ensued.

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A postcard depicting Putsch’s 210, circa the early 1950s.

‘Iconic Restaurants of Kansas City’: New Book Offers a History of Kansas City Eats

Andrea Broomfield, an English professor at Johnson County Community College, has written “Iconic Restaurants of Kansas City,” a history of local dining culture.

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Tour sign for an alleged UFO crash site near Rosewell, New Mexico.

Truman, Eisenhower and the Endless Pursuit of UFOs

This summer is the 75th anniversary of the Roswell, New Mexico, alien conspiracy incident. Here’s a brief history of our ongoing pursuit of proof aliens have visited Earth.

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