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The Kansas City Fire Department first originated with the formation of volunteer bucket brigades as early as 1858. Church bells rung to signal a fire alarm and members would assemble at the scene to help. In 1867, the city abandoned the voluntary bucket brigade for a paid fire department, and Colonel Frank Foster was elected as its first chief.
Kansas City, Missouri November 29, 1988: 6 23 On November 29, 1988, at 4:07 AM two trailers containing approximately 23,000 kg (50,000 lb) of the explosive ANFO (ammonium nitrate with fuel oil) exploded at a construction site located near the 87th street exit of Highway 71 in Kansas City, Missouri. The explosives were to be used in the blasting ...
Area code. Location. 314/557. St. Louis and many of its immediate suburbs. 417. The southwestern quarter of Missouri, including Springfield, Joplin and Branson. 573. Eastern and Southeastern Missouri excluding the St. Louis area but including Columbia, Jefferson City, Rolla, Cape Girardeau, Perryville and Hannibal. 636.
Non-fatal injuries. 216. Two overhead walkways in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, collapsed on July 17, 1981, killing 114 people and injuring 216. Loaded with partygoers, the concrete and glass platforms crashed onto a tea dance in the lobby. Kansas City society was affected for years, with the collapse resulting in billions ...
In 1950, southwest Missouri, with a new toll-center in Joplin, received area code 417, a change that provided more central offices in Kansas City. In 1951, the number of area codes grew to ninety: the State of New York gained area code 516 on Long Island, and Southern California received area code 714, to reduce the numbering plan area of Los ...
The history of the Kansas City metropolitan area relates to the area around the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers and the modern-day city of Kansas City, Missouri. Before the arrival of European explorers, the area was inhabited at various times by peoples of the Hopewell tradition and later the Mississippian culture , as well as the ...
1867 - March 1: First meeting of the Kansas City Public Schools Board of Education. [ 7] 1869 - July 3: Hannibal Bridge over the Missouri River opens, first railroad bridge across the river. [ 1][ 8] 1870 - Population: 32,260. [ 9] 1871 - Kansas City Bar Library Assoc. formed.
Kansas City metropolitan area. / 39.1°N 94.58°W / 39.1; -94.58. The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties).