Sites of the City

Sites of the City

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

Friday, March 23, 2012

Erik Stafford Missouri House of Representatives 23rd District

AUGUST 7, 2012 VOTE FOR ERIK STAFFORD MISSOURI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 23RD DISTRICT HISTORY MOVES IN CYCLES In 1847 the Missouri Legislature passed a law that made it illegal to teach blacks slave or free how to read. The murder rate in our community increases every year. The Kansas City Missouri School District has a 45% graduation rate and we have more people in jail 42 years after the civil rights movement than we did before the movement began THERE IS A CONNETION BETWEEN LITERACY, INCARCERATION AND MURDER ON THE STREETS ERIK STAFFORD WILL WORK TO: STOP THE WAR ON POOR PEOPLE PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURS AND LOCAL TALENT CREATE JOBS THROUGH TOURISM MANUFACTURING FACTORIES and WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INCREASE THE LEVEL OF LITERACY IN OUR COMMUNITY RESTORE THE RIGHTS OF CONVICTED FELONS TO WORK AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES ENGAGE OUR YOUTH IN PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES IF YOU ARE A CONVICTED FELON AND NO LONGER ON PROBATION OR PAROLE YOU MAY REGISTER TO VOTE see.mokc@gmail.com
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