That it was a major, wealthy river-reliant city added insult to injury. So, they sought to steal back some of the attention by purposely trying to confuse industry and individuals to divert money and visitors there. Before it was Kansas City, it was called simply Kansas, when incorporated in , before the official establishment of the Kansas Territory in When that happened, Kansas the city — located just inside the boundaries of Missouri — changed its name to Kansas City to avoid confusion.
Strange History. Who Knew? This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. During this time, other settlements were developing across the river on the Kansas side in Wyandotte County.
Some of these small towns incorporated as Kansas City, Kansas, in By naming this town after the growing city on the Missouri side of the state line, city leaders in Kansas were able to capitalize on the success of Kansas City, Missouri. Today Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, remain two separately incorporated cities but together, along with a number of other cities and suburbs, as part of the Kansas City Metropolitan area.
We will continue to look at the complicated and varied ways the state line divides our region over the next few months. When Missouri was incorporated into the Union in , it was one of the only places in the Louisiana Purchase territory where slavery was permitted. The Kansas Territory started developing nearly 30 years later, but most of the settlers there were staunchly abolitionist. This social divide is one of the earliest differences between citizens along the state line.
Debates about whether Kansas would become a free or slave state were heated. Charles Sumner was even beaten with a cane on the Senate floor by Rep. Preston Brooks for condemning pro-slavery interests in the area. Kansas officially became a sovereign, free state in , but not without continuing struggles. Pro-slavery guerrillas attempted to claim Kansas in the years leading up to the Civil War by sacking Lawrence and fighting U. Army troops in battles along the state line.
Later known as Bleeding Kansas, or the Border Wars, these battles showed a distinct cultural difference between Missouri and Kansas. After the war, Kansas City, Kan. Kansas politicians made numerous attempts in the s to annex the metro into Kansas, and there was great support from the public to do so. The Kansas City Times editorial board even appealed to its readership on the issue. Though Kansans loved the idea of unifying Kansas City under one state, Missourians didn't want to lose a burgeoning urban area.
The annexation movement subsequently lost steam and died out. At the dawn of the 20th century, the two Kansas Cities were both moving towards becoming modern Midwestern cities. The first cable car tracks were laid on the Missouri side in , and soon streetcar tracks threaded through the area. At their peak, they reached from Kansas City, Kan.
Joseph, Mo. The West Bottoms, which is split by the state line, contributed greatly to urban growth. The meat packing plants and stockyards there led to the nickname "Cowtown.
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