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KC was THE launching point for the era of westward expansion

Posted on: October 29, 2024 at 07:26:15 CT

alwaysright MU

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Everybody knows this across the country. It didn’t matter that St. Louis tries to change history.

And if StL is the gateway to the west that means Missouri is the west and nobody considers that to be the case.

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Happy birthday STL Arch. You're a dope monument - lqf2b8 MU - 10/28 21:23:23

KC barely existed when the first groups of pioneers set off - BH O'bonga MU - 10/29 08:20:07

Westport is in KC. Independence is a KC suburb. - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 08:24:42

Westport and Independence were not part of KC during the - BH O'bonga MU - 10/29 08:41:48

Independence, where the Santa Fe Trail officially began, is - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 08:33:18

The Santa Fe Trail officially began at Franklin, Missouri in - BH O'bonga MU - 10/29 08:43:07

It is. What's your point? (nm) - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 08:36:44

RE: It is. What's your point?: To correct an improper - BH O'bonga MU - 10/29 08:50:23

Nobody made that claim. Westport became a part of KC. - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 08:53:39

RE: Nobody made that claim. Westport became a part of KC. - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 08:58:23

RE: Nobody made that claim. Westport became a part of KC. - BH O'bonga MU - 10/29 09:38:52

RE: Nobody made that claim. Westport became a part of KC. - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 09:57:27

RE: Nobody made that claim. Westport became a part of KC. - BH O'bonga MU - 10/29 08:57:52

All of which has little to do with the conversation about - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 09:00:15

Independence and Westport were major towns long before KC - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 09:04:16

You're wong. St. Louis and other Missouri cities have better - BH O'bonga MU - 10/29 09:02:12

RE: You're wong. St. Louis and other Missouri cities have better - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 09:09:21

RE: You're wong. St. Louis and other Missouri cities have better - BH O'bonga MU - 10/29 09:36:58

It's really too bad that St Louis's deep soccer tradition - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 09:13:37

Mid cities larger than KC have hosted the World Cup before. - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 09:16:43

World's Fair, nor the Olympics, have anything to do with - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 09:21:26

My point is hosting big events is no big deal to us. - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 09:31:58

No they don't. They don't sit at the edge of the Western - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 09:04:40

RE: No they don't. They don't sit at the edge of the Western - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 09:11:50

i moved the front door to my house to the kitchen - colonel angus beef KC - 10/29 09:16:40

In what world was kansas ever a gateway to the west ? - RolandMiz MU - 10/28 22:21:25

A president declared Kansas City's Union Station the - tigerNkc KC - 10/29 08:08:34

President's lie(nm) - Erwin Fletcher STL - 10/29 12:51:53

RE: A president declared Kansas City's Union Station the - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 08:14:16

What does busiest have to do with being the Gateway to the - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 08:40:13

RE: What does busiest have to do with being the Gateway to the - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 08:42:21

I don't know why this is debatable. KC was literally called - lqf2b8 MU - 10/29 05:50:31

Is it true that Kansas City was originally called... - Nebraska99 STL - 10/29 07:57:51

no(nm) - tigerNkc KC - 10/29 08:09:06

You mean the “west” started in kansass not that KC started - alwaysright MU - 10/29 07:22:29

😂 - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 06:29:56

KC was THE launching point for the era of westward expansion - alwaysright MU - 10/29 07:26:15

RE: KC was THE launching point for the era of westward expansion - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 08:09:55

the arch was only built as a landmark/warning - colonel angus beef KC - 10/29 09:24:24

RE: the arch was only built as a landmark/warning - BH O'bonga MU - 10/29 09:46:03

You need a geography lesson - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 08:19:44

The early European settlers didn’t come from Three Forks, - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 08:23:21

And most travelers passed through the Cumberland Gap - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 08:26:04

St. Charles, a St. Louis suburb and the original state - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 07:58:19

Santa Fe Trail and Oregon trail both started in KC. - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 07:07:47

Santa Fe Trail started in Howard Co. at Franklin, Missouri - BH O'bonga MU - 10/29 09:48:05

And about the Santa Fe Trail, - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 08:28:48

I'm sure you saw the important part at the end... - kmawv8 KC - 10/29 08:31:03

RE: I'm sure you saw the important part at the end... - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 08:35:04

RE: Santa Fe Trail and Oregon trail both started in KC. - RolandMiz MU - 10/29 08:04:27

Agree - it is cool...I was a bit freaked out as a kid - Carlos Rossi KC - 10/28 22:16:22

I want to flick the bean through the giant croquet wicket(nm) - hefeweizen MU

- 10/28 22:01:59

Everyone should experience the joy of cramming yourself - Tigrrrr! MU

- 10/28 21:37:45

If you suffer from claustrophobia as I do, it’s not a fun - Mizzou Tom KC - 10/28 21:51:55