TOURS
CREATION OF KANSAS CITY, HEART OF AMERICA BUS TOUR
Additional Tours include Walking Tours of :
18th and Vine-Take part in a walking tour if the Historic Jazz, Negro League and Barbecue District. During the era of segregation 18th and Vine was considered downtown for African-Americans. There were clubs clubs clubs. The area was frequented by the likes of Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Jackie Robinson, Cab Calloway, Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Mary Lou Williams, Satchel Paige, Lester Young, Billie Holiday, Langston Hughes, and many more
Westport-Experience a walking tour of Westport, an important battleground for the Civil War, which actually started here in Kansas City in 1854 with the signing of the Kansas Nebraska Act-when Kansas was known as "Bleeding Kansas" Missouri was a slave state Kansas was a free state a number of underground railroad routes ran from Kansas to Missouri
Go on a walking tour of Downtown Kansas City and learn about Kansas City's imfamous mob connection to politics which made Kansas City a safehaven for gangsters during the era of prohibition and launched the political career of Harry Truman
Bus Tour $25 per person with a 15 person minimum
Walking Tours are $15 per person no minimum required
Inquire about ongoing discounts and specials.
Contact the Kansas City Tour Company at 816-286-5298 or see.mokc@gmail.com
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