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unusual facts about University of Missouri - Kansas City



Charles E. Kearney

He moved to Kansas City in 1852 where he outfitted travelers on the Oregon Trail and Santa Fe Trail from Westport, Missouri.

Henri-Léon Gréber

Active in the United States of America, he produced a fountain sculpture of 4 equestrian statues for Harbor Hill in 1910, (restored in 1957 and installed at Mill Creek Park, adjacent to the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri) and the copy of The Kiss in the Philadelphia Rodin Museum.

Hyde Park, Kansas City

The Bellerive, once a hotel on Armour Boulevard, gained notoriety after opening the Casbah Room, a lounge that attracted headliners such as Billie Holiday and Liberace.

John Stewart Muller

It had its East Coast premiere on November 7, 2008, at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival followed shortly thereafter by its Midwest premiere and limited theatrical release on November 14, 2008, at the Screenland Theatre in the Crossroads, Kansas City.

Mike Talboy

Talboy represented the 37th District, which at the time encompassed much of downtown Kansas City south of the Missouri River, as well as portions of the East Side.

Pendleton Heights, Kansas City

The neighborhood boasts Kansas City's first boulevard (Independence Boulevard) plus two others (Maple Boulevard and Prospect Boulevard), three city parks (North Terrace Park, Independence Plaza Park and Maple Park), the original city reservoir, one of only two nationally-listed urban scenic byways and the largest collection of true Victorian homes in the City.

Rajiv Chilaka

Chilaka obtained a BE in Electronics and Telecommunications engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad in 1995 and went on to the University of Missouri - Kansas City for his Masters Degree in Computer Science.

Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri

Two notable residents of the neighborhood at this time were Michael Katz, co-owner of Katz Drug Store, and former baseball player Johnny Kling.

There Are Rules

Instead, the album was released through the band's own Quality Hill Records, named after the historic Quality Hill neighborhood in the band's hometown of Kansas City, Missouri.


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