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   How did Kansas City get its name?

   • In her seminal 1908 work, Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, librarian and historian Carrie Westlake Whitney provides an excellent summary of how the city’s name was decided: "The proprietors decided to call the town 'Kansas' after the Kansas river.

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   How did Kansas City become a state?

   • Kansas City, Kansas, officially came into being in 1868, growing from its roots as a settlement at the Kaw River’s mouth. The story of how Kansas City came to be split between two states is one marked by territorial disputes, economic strategies, and the relentless flow of the Missouri River.

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   Why was Kansas called Kansas?

   • "The proprietors decided to call the town 'Kansas' after the Kansas river. The river was named after the Kansas Indians who lived along the banks of the stream. The Kansas Indians' name for themselves was 'Kanzas,' pronounced by the French traders 'Kahns' a term that finally was adopted by the American settlers.

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   Why was the Kansas River named after the Kansas Indians?

   • The river was named after the Kansas Indians who lived along the banks of the stream. The Kansas Indians' name for themselves was 'Kanzas,' pronounced by the French traders 'Kahns' a term that finally was adopted by the American settlers. Charles C. Spalding makes this explanation in his "Annals of the City of Kansas," published in 1858:

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   Oct 6, 2020 · In her seminal 1908 work, Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, librarian and historian Carrie Westlake Whitney provides an excellent summary of how the city’s name was decided: "The proprietors decided to call the town 'Kansas' after the Kansas river.

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   Aug 24, 2022 · A high school history teacher from Lawrence set out to answer that question, explaining in a video how Kansas City was named. Matt Beat delves into the origin of the word Kansas, why a border...

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   Oct 15, 2018 · In her seminal 1908 work, Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, librarian and historian Carrie Westlake Whitney provides an excellent summary of how the city’s name was decided: The proprietors decided to call the town "Kansas" after the Kansas river.

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   Nov 24, 2018 · Most people believe that the city was named after the state of Kansas, but the state of Kansas did not exist until 1861. Up north, the west side of the Missouri River was Bleeding Kansas or the “Great American Desert.”

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   Oct 16, 2018 · Here’s why Kansas City was named for Kansas, and not the state in which it’s located, Missouri. The Kansas City Star and the Kansas City Library answer your question.

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   On February 22, 1853, Kansas was reincorporated and renamed the City of Kansas with its first elected mayor, William Samuel Gregory. Due to a legal discovery of living outside city boundaries, he was soon succeeded by Johnston Lykins as the second (but first legally elected) mayor.

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   Mar 2, 2024 · Kansas City, Kansas, officially came into being in 1868, growing from its roots as a settlement at the Kaw River’s mouth. The story of how Kansas City came to be split between two states is one marked by territorial disputes, economic strategies, and the relentless flow of the Missouri River.