[3] July 7, 1906: Satchel Paige, who will win fame as a pitcher for the Kansas City Monarchs and be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971, is born in Mobile, Alabama.
[3] July 7, 1906: Satchel Paige, who will win fame as a pitcher for the Kansas City Monarchs and be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971, is born in Mobile, Alabama.
[5] July 1, 1865: Louis Curtiss, whose innovative architecture and flamboyant lifestyle will make a lasting imprint on Kansas City after his 1887 arrival, is born in Belleville, Ontario.
[7] April 30, 1861: A Confederate flag is raised in Kansas City, prompting Mayor Robert T. Van Horn [8] to call in Union troops from Fort Leavenworth for support.
[10] January 21, 1879: The Kansas Senate approves a proposal to move the state border eastward in order to annex Kansas City, a plan that is blocked by the Missouri legislature.
[12] November 24, 1927: The Pla-Mor Ballroom, the largest indoor amusement center in the country featuring a ballroom, bowling alley, billiard room, and an ice skating rink, opens to a crowd of 4,100.
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/greatest-pitcher-ever
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/greatest-pitcher-ever#comments
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/frank-lloyd-wright-kansas-city
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/frank-lloyd-wright-kansas-city#comments
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/shades-gray
[8] http://localhistory.kclibrary.org/u?/Montgomery,7338
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/4998#comment-form
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/annexation-wasn-t
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/3820#comment-form
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/great-indoors
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/3079#comment-form
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=14
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=8
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=9
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=10
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=11
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=12
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=13
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=16