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Title
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Cowtown Capital
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Description
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Article with photos and a general description of Kansas City as a regional "heart of America" metropolis, including its history (with several anecdotes) and present landmarks. Also included is a pullout section (pages 27-30) of "impressions" by illustrator David Hunt, with images of Kersey Coates Drive and so forth.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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George Washington Tate
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Description
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Information on George Washington Tate, or George Tate (1790-1868), arriving in Westport by 1838 as a veteran of the War of 1812 and becoming a Missouri state represenative in 1842 and 1858, suggesting the name of "Kansas City."
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Abraham Fonda
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Description
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Bio of Abraham Fonda, the son of a New York Dutch settler who attempted to name the Kansas City settlement after himself (proposed as "Port Fonda") but was turned down because of his unpopularity.
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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A Birthday Book of Kansas City, 1821-1921
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Description
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Booklet on the 100-year history of Kansas City from 1821 to 1921, starting with its first permanent settler, Francois Chouteau, and its rise from Westport Landing (page 7) through its 1832 visit by early American author Washington Irving (page 12) and other events to the early 1920s, with photos and illustrations.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Kanzas City
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Description
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Illustration by "Mr. Kilburn" and one column of description of "Kanzas, Mo." or "Kanzas City" as it was in 1855, at the time also known as Westport Landing.
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Date
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1855-08-04
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The History of Kansas City
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Description
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Description of Kansas City in 1843, known at the time as Westport Landing.
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Date
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1881
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Weston's Guide to the Kansas Pacific Railway
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Description
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Origins of the Town of Kansas and Westport in the 1830s and 1840s, explaining their fluctuating rates of growth and the resulting early name of Kansas City being "Westport Landing," including the prophecy by Senator Thomas Hart Benton on the future of the city.
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Date
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1872
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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A Dictionary of the Osage Language
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Description
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Definition of the word for Kansas City in the language of the Osage Indians: /Ni-sho'-dse to(n)-wo(n)/.
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Date
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1932
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Object Type
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Report
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Title
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The Kaw: The Heart of a Nation
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Description
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The word 'Kansa,' or 'Kansas,' has passed through modifications but has changed little in sound. The Siouans and the Kansa tribe generally pronounced it kansa or ka-sa. The early traders changed the Indian form of pronunciation. They gave the a the sound of au or aw. From this corruption came the word 'Kau' or 'Kaw.' The explorers and early mapmakers called the tribe and the river Cans, Causa, Kansa, Kances, Kanza, Konza, Quans, etc. Eventually the stream was named Kansas River, though it is commonly called the Kaw.
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Date
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1905-04-24
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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How Kansas City Got Its Name
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Description
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Explanation of the origin of the name of Kansas City, taken from the name of the Kansas River, being located at that river's mouth. Also a story of Kansas City, Missouri, nearly being included as part of state of Kansas.
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Date
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1938-04-15
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
