[3] June 26, 1804: Lewis and Clark arrive in the area that will become Kansas City and camp for three days on their expedition to explore the recently purchased Louisiana Territory.
[3] June 26, 1804: Lewis and Clark arrive in the area that will become Kansas City and camp for three days on their expedition to explore the recently purchased Louisiana Territory.
[5] June 25, 1951: Kansas City’s Starlight Theatre kicks off its first season with a performance of The Desert Song.
[7] June 1, 1897: Dr. Alice Berry Graham rescues a crippled child whose mother is trying to give her away, inspiring Graham and sister Dr. Katharine Berry Richardson to found Children’s Mercy Hospital.
[9] May 16, 1910: Doctor Bennett Clark Hyde is found guilty of murder after philanthropist Thomas H. Swope and several of his family members die following Hyde’s purchase of cyanide capsules and test tubes of typhoid cultures.
[11] March 15, 1858: Lafayette Tillman, who will go on to become a veteran of the Spanish-American War and one of Kansas City's first African American police officers, is born in Evansville, Indiana.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/This+Week+in+Kansas+City+History/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/strangers-strange-land
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/10019#comment-form
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/starry-starry-nights
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/5885#comment-form
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/mothers-mercy
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/5544#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/dr-hyde-and-mr-swope
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/dr-hyde-and-mr-swope#comments
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/man-many-parts
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/4559#comment-form
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=9
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=6
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=7
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=8
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=11
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=12
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=13
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=14
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=16