History

“This is exactly the kind of environment we had envisioned it being in after a nationwide search. We felt like it was home, and it was meant to be.”

“No woman….in so short a time a period of time, ever crowded into a brief life more of romance, waywardness, dereliction and devotion…than the betwitching Fanny Owens.”

“They feel like friends. It’s really a beautiful experience, but you still ask who are the makers of these dolls? Who do these dolls belong to? Where have they been?” 

“Because history is unending.”

The CPKC Empress locomotive is scheduled to leave Union Station at 7 am on Tuesday, passing through Grandview on the way to its next stop in Shreveport, Louisiana.

“I hope it will be an asset to get people back to nature.”

Her legacy is important, as she came to the wilderness and opened pathways through the dense forest where houses and businesses now stand.

As he carefully carved out roads and lots in the middle of a corn field, people laughed at his ambitions “way out in the country.” “We all thought that Milt McGee a speculative idiot for hitching on his addition to the town.”

“To say it’s an eyesore is an understatement –it’s an embarrassment.”

“I’ve helped so many people that when I drive through any neighborhood, I have a sense of knowledge of how things used to be.”

 In the sinking of La Bourgogne, only 163 people survived of the 725 on board, most crew members, and only one woman passenger.

Annie Bird is part of the incredible history of the EBT department store that is held close to the heart of so many who have called Kansas City home. 

George Washington Johnson’s story is a testament of a soldiers’ sacrifice for the love and promises this country has offered over time.

J.D. Bowser was never one to cower in a corner, and his professionalism, reputation, writing and rhetorical skills were some of the very best in Kansas City.

“I think that football and the Chiefs in general are like the currency of Kansas City.”