Download or read book Secret Kansas City A Guide to the Weird Wonderful and Obscure written by Anne Kniggendorf and published by Reedy Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most visitors know all about Kansas City’s barbecue, jazz, and football success, but there are hidden gems and wild pieces of trivia around every turn in Missouri’s largest city. Is the giant Hereford bull anatomically correct? Can a seed that’s been to outer space still grow into a normal tree? And who really killed President William Henry Harrison? You’ll find answers to the questions you didn’t know you had in Secret Kansas City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure. Learn why three completely unrelated groups have chosen Kansas City as the center of the world and the place you want to be when the world ends. Between these covers, you’ll also find castles, a horse buried in a cul-de-sac, a ghost who likes a good laugh, and the world’s longest snake. This is not a tour guide for outsiders; it’s a scavenger hunt—insiders only, please. Longtime Kansas Citian Anne Kniggendorf is at your service to bolster your love and boost your respect for this middle-of-the-map city. With her eye for the odd leading the way, you’ll have a great time discovering Kansas City.
Download or read book Seeing Kansas City written by Commercial Club of Kansas City (Mo.) and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 100 Things to Do in Kansas Before You Die written by Roxie Yonkey and published by Reedy Press LLC. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kansas is nicknamed “The Sunflower State,” “The Wheat State,” and “The Breadbasket of the World.” In Kansas, rural and urban come together in a fascinating mix. From the bright lights of Kansas City and Wichita to the star-strewn skies above the Flint Hills, beautiful Kansas will captivate you. Journey across Kansas’s endless horizons with the fascinating handbook, 100 Things to Do in Kansas Before You Die. Sing “Home on the Range” at the cabin where the song was born and watch the buffalo roam at Maxwell Wildlife Refuge. You’ll never forget the glorious sound of thousands of cranes singing at Cheyenne Bottoms. Soar above the skies in Wichita, the Air Capital of the World, and with Amelia Earhart in Atchison. Find out why you like Ike at the Eisenhower Library in Abilene. Adventurous cyclists should grind gravel during Emporia’s 200- mile bicycle race or ride across the state for two weeks during Biking Across Kansas in June. Discover natural wonders like Monument Rocks, giant marine fossils, and the Arikaree Breaks, the Canyons of Kansas. Local author Roxie Yonkey is your navigator from Route 66 to the Santa Fe Trail, ready to show the ropes to locals and visitors alike. Whether you’ve never trod the Road to Oz, or whether Kansas is your No Place Like Home, you need this guidebook.
Download or read book Kissing in Kansas City written by Peter Mallouk and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of this book is not to serve as a definitive guide, but to encapsulate some of Kansas City's most romantic places and inspire further exploration.
Download or read book 100 Things to Do in Kansas City Before You Die 2nd Edition written by Traci Angel and published by Reedy Press LLC. This book was released on 2022-10-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Right in the middle of the country and stretched over two states lies a surprising city with hills, fountains, and more to do and experience than anyone might imagine.The secret is out—Kansas City is not only an affordable, friendly place to live and work, it also has a lot to offer when it comes to culture, history, and outdoor adventure. 100 Things to Do in Kansas City Before You Die celebrates all that makes the area the cool, quirky, iconic Midwestern place that it is while highlighting the hip, international, and cultural oasis it represents to the outlying rural areas. We take you after-hours to the Mutual Musicians Foundation and then share more tunes history with you at the Marr Sound Archive. We invite you to head out of the city to a Wes Anderson-esque stay at the notorious Elms Hotel, among other whimsical stops. In this latest edition you’ll find places that are historically significant as well as green spaces like the Berkley Riverfront and River Heritage Trail that provide solace. Author and local resident Traci Angel brings you even more tips, itineraries, and updated suggestions in this second edition of this well-loved guide. Transplants and tourists to Kansas City can use her advice in these pages to navigate their way, and we guarantee lifelong residents will rediscover their home city.
Download or read book Food Lovers Guide to Kansas City written by Sylvie Hogg Murphy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate guide to Kansas City's food scene provides the inside scoop on the best places to find, enjoy, and celebrate local culinary offerings. Written for residents and visitors alike to find producers and purveyors of tasty local specialties, as well as a rich array of other, indispensable food-related information including: food festivals and culinary events; specialty food shops; farmers’ markets and farm stands; trendy restaurants and time-tested iconic landmarks; and recipes using local ingredients and traditions.
Download or read book What s where written by Mid-America Regional Council and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kansas City written by Andrea L. Broomfield and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While some cities owe their existence to lumber or oil, turpentine or steel, Kansas City owes its existence to food. From its earliest days, Kansas City was in the business of provisioning pioneers and traders headed west, and later with provisioning the nation with meat and wheat. Throughout its history, thousands of Kansas Citians have also made their living providing meals and hospitality to travelers passing through on their way elsewhere, be it by way of a steamboat, Conestoga wagon, train, automobile, or airplane. As Kansas City’s adopted son, Fred Harvey sagely noted, “Travel follows good food routes,” and Kansas City’s identity as a food city is largely based on that fact. Kansas City: A Food Biography explores in fascinating detail how a frontier town on the edge of wilderness grew into a major metropolis, one famous for not only great cuisine but for a crossroads hospitality that continues to define it. Kansas City: A Food Biography also explores how politics, race, culture, gender, immigration, and art have forged the city’s most iconic dishes, from chili and steak to fried chicken and barbecue. In lively detail, Andrea Broomfield brings the Kansas City food scene to life.
Download or read book Christmastime in Kansas City written by Monroe Dodd and published by Kansas City Star Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Geography written by Joel Kotkin and published by Random House. This book was released on 2002-01-29 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the blink of an eye, vast economic forces have created new types of communities and reinvented old ones. In The New Geography, acclaimed forecaster Joel Kotkin decodes the changes, and provides the first clear road map for where Americans will live and work in the decades to come, and why. He examines the new role of cities in America and takes us into the new American neighborhood. The New Geography is a brilliant and indispensable guidebook to a fundamentally new landscape.
Download or read book Seldom Seen written by Patrick Dobson and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 1995, with nothing but a backpack and a vague sense of disquiet, Patrick Dobson left his home and a steady if deadening job in Kansas City, Missouri. Over the next two and a half months he made his way to Helena, Montana, letting chance encounters guide him to a deeper sense of who he was and where he was going. His chronicle of this journey charts his experiences with the seldom-seen people of the small towns, the far-flung outposts, and the Great Plains that make up "our America."
Download or read book Max s Kansas City written by Steven Kasher and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Steven Kasher Gallery, New York, 2010"--Colophon.
Download or read book Kansas City Attractions written by Victor R. Oddo, Jr. and published by National Publishing Company. This book was released on 1993 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dear Bess written by Harry S. Truman and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This correspondence, which encompasses Truman's courtship of his wife, his service in the senate, his presidency, and after, reveals not only the character of Truman's mind but also a shrewd observer's view of American politics.
Download or read book J C Nichols and the Shaping of Kansas City written by William S. Worley and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1993-08 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the University of Missouri Press original published in 1990. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Day Trips from Kansas City written by Shifra Stein and published by . This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Those looking to get away from the city in less than two hours can consult this guide for day trips to a variety of sites and attractions and all the up-to-date information about shopping, dining, lodging, celebrations, and more. 25 maps.
Download or read book Kansas City s Historic Hyde Park written by Patrick Alley and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hyde Park, located on Westport's outskirts south of early Kansas City, was the first stop on the long trek down the Santa Fe Trail. Good pasture and a natural cave spring were early attributes. During the real estate boom of the 1880s, the area was platted, but the crash of 1888 intervened, and only a few houses were built. By 1900, with the recovery of the economy and the development of Janssen Place as a private street, the area became the preferred community for Kansas City's wealthy. The architectural style is Queen Anne, Prairie School, Neo-Georgian, Colonial Revival, Kansas City Shirtwaist, and Shingle. These homes glitter with original brass fixtures, lead and stained-glass windows, and oak, mahogany, and walnut interiors. Some of Kansas City's most famous and notorious have lived in Hyde Park, from wealthy businessmen and entertainment stars to serial killers.
