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Kansas City, Missouri

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  • Theodore Edward Williams (1916 - 1987)
  • Bvt. Brig. Gen. Robert Charles Bradshaw, USA (1840 - 1927)
    Robert Charles Bradshaw was an American Brevet Brigadier General during the American Civil War. He commanded the 44th Missouri Infantry Regiment throughout various battles of the Franklin–Nashville cam...
  • Francis Joseph "Frank" Lynch (1929 - 2019)
    Appleton - Frank Lynch, age 90, passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2019 at his home in Appleton. Frank was born January 28, 1929, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Frank and Nina (Johnson) Lynch, both of Miss...
  • John Alan McHenry (1945 - 1964)
    Son of Floyd & Barbara Moulthrop McHenry.
  • Philip Whitten Casey (1939 - 2017)
    Philip W. Casey, age 77, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away May 17, 2017 with his family by his side.

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Not to be confused with Kansas City, Kansas.

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For a complete History, please see Wikipedia.

Kansas City, Missouri lies on the border of Kansas and Missouri. It shares the designation of county seat of Jackson County with the city of Independence. Most of the city is in Jackson county, but also is in portions of Clay, Cass and Platte counties.

Kansas City was founded in the 1830s as a Missouri River port at its confluence with the Kansas River coming in from the west. On June 1, 1850, the town of Kansas was incorporated; shortly after came the establishment of the Kansas Territory. Confusion between the two ensued, and the name Kansas City was assigned to distinguish them soon after.

The city is composed of several neighborhoods, including the River Market District in the north, the 18th and Vine District in the east, and the Country Club Plaza in the south. Celebrated cultural traditions include Kansas City jazz, theater which was the center of the Vaudevillian Orpheum circuit in the 1920s, the Chiefs and Royals sports franchises, and famous cuisine based on Kansas City-style barbecue, Kansas City strip steak, and craft breweries. The city was ranked as a gamma- global city in 2020 by GaWC.

In 1911, Elias Disney moved his family from Marceline to Kansas City. They lived in a new home at 3028 Bellefontaine with a garage he built, in which Walt Disney made his first animation. In 1919, Walt returned from France where he had served as a Red Cross Ambulance Driver in World War I. He started the first animation company in Kansas City, Laugh-O-Gram Studio, in which he designed the character Mickey Mouse. When the company went bankrupt, Walt Disney moved to Hollywood and started The Walt Disney Company on October 16, 1923.