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The old ferry across the Kansas River, near the present cable-line bridge, continued to be used until 1863, when a pontoon bridge was placed across the river near its mouth. This latter bridge was in use when Gen. Price, with his Confederate army, invaded Missouri in 1864. It was probably more of a war measure than of a local con- venience, and being only a temporary thing it was not long continued.
In the spring of 1858 that dreadful disease, erysipelas, made its appearance among the people of Wyandotte and vicinity, and in many cases proved fatal. the number of deaths being somewhat large. But, notwithstanding the disasters and disadvantages incident to most newly - settled countries, which the people had to endure, the town continued to improve and prosper.
The following item of history pertaining to Wyandotte is taken from the Andreas History: "The meeting of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention, which took place at Constitutional Hall, Wyandotte, July 5, 1859, is more a State event than one of local in- terest, and is treated as such in its proper place. Suffice it to say, however, that the present constitution of the State was adopted on the 29th of that month, and, locally treated, the subject will be disposed of by an extract from an article by William A. Phillips, who, thus describes the place of meeting: 'The lower floor of the block where it was held was mostly unoccupied; that block now exists no longer.
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It suffered from too great economy in brick and mortar; the water from the bluff was permitted to undermine its foundation. Like an- other building named in Holy Writ, it ultimately fell, and great was the fall thereof. In the second story, during the session of the con- vention, was a saloon. In the center of the large, unplastered room, on one side, a bar was hastily improvised. A broad plank, resting upon a couple of empty barrels, constituted the counter. Behind was a narrow plank or shelf, resting on two other barrels, evidently not empty, at least a faucet was inserted in each near the base. On the top of each barrel was a small blue keg, each of which had another faucet. Scattered along this shelf were decanters and long-necked, dark-complexioned bottles. On one end of the shelf was an open box of raisins, perched longitudinally, and with a few boxes of cigars, a piece of cheese, a box of crackers, and a box of plug tobacco, consti- tuted the saloon. A few tumblers and lemons, with a bowl of sugar, lemon-squeezer, and a flaring tin cup, in which to shake up punches, completed the outfit. The floor was covered with sawdust to avoid an- noyance to the solons above, and also to absorb rejected quids of to- bacco. The fine arts were represented by a picture of the ‘ Bird of America' cut from an old hand-bill and tacked to the wall. Over all presided the smiling and genial Boggs. Another flight of stairs car- ried you into the room where the solons were at work. It was about twenty-five feet wide and eighty long. It was not plastered, but ex- tended from front to rear of block. There were three windows in front and three in rear. It was ten feet high. The roof was of com- position, called patent. The president's seat was on the south side of the room, near the center; it was on a raised platform; seats, tables and desks were provided by the citizens of Wyandotte for members, clerks and reporters. An official look was procured by tacking on black muslin. There was also a railing, to either keep spectators out or hold the members in. The ' flag of our country ' was draped on the wall in the rear of the president's chair.' "
The first post-office was opened in the spring of 1857, by Thomas J. Barker, in the old court-house building on Nebraska Avenue, where he and Isaiah Walker were keeping store. He brought the mail from Kansas City, Mo., on horseback. William Chick, of the banking firm of Northrup & Chick, maintained the service in that city for the first year at his own expense. The Wyandottes were great readers, as a rule, and it was as much to accommodate them, as for any other reason, that the post-office in Kansas City was established. In 1863 Mr.
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Barker was succeeded as postmaster by R. B. Taylor, who held the office three years. E. T. Vedder, who followed him in 1866, remained but a short time, being succeeded by A. D. Downs, who remained until 1881, when George B. Reichenecker was appointed and held the office until 1885. He was succeeded by V. J. Lane, who held the office until he was succeeded in 1889 by O. K. Serviss, the present incumbent.
Of the seven members composing the Wyandotte City Company, only one is now living, and that one is Thomas H. Swope, who lives in Kansas City, Mo. Joel Walker died at Leavenworth, in the sum- mer of 1857, the same year the town was laid out. Gaius Jenkins was shot by Gen. Lane, at Lawrence, in the summer of 1858. Silas Arm- strong died in December, 1865, at Wyandotte, and his remains lie entombed in the Huron Place Cemetery. John McAlpine was killed by the cars in Pittsburg. W. Y. Roberts died in Lawrence, and more recently, Isaiah Walker died in the Indian Territory.
The town of Wyandotte was first incorporated by the following order of court:
"Be it known that on this 8th day of June, A. D., 1858, in open court came Charles S. Glick and presented the petition of B. Gray, A. B. Bartlett, Daniel Killen and other resident tax-payers of the fol- lowing described territory, the same being in the township of Wyan- dotte, in the county of Leavenworth and Territory of Kansas, to wit: Commencing on the eastern boundary of the Territory of Kansas, where the same is intersected by the second standard parallel; thence west on said parallel line to the northwest corner of Section four (4), Township eleven (11), Range twenty-five (25); thence south to the southwest corner of Section nine (9), township and range above said; thence east to the middle of the Kansas River; thence by the middle of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers to the place of beginning; asking that they be incorporated by the name and style of 'The Inhabitants of the Town of Wyandotte,' within the above metes and bounds, and that they may have a local government established therein. And the court being fully satisfied that said petition is subscribed by two- thirds of the resident tax-payers and voters therein, does hereby make and incorporate the petitioners and all others residing in said described territory, as a body corporate, under the name and style of 'The In- habitants of the Town of Wyandotte,' of the above metes and bounds, and does hereby appoint as trustees thereof, William McKay, George Russell, Daniel Killen, Charles S. Glick and William F. Simpson, and
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does hereby order said persons so appointed to be duly commissioned by the clerk of this court. All of which is accordingly done.
"G. W. GARDNER, Judge." TERRITORY OF KANSAS, ss.
COUNTY OF LEAVENWORTH,
I, Henry C. Field, clerk of said court, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of proceedings of said court, 3d day of June term, A. D. 1858, held at the city of Leavenworth.
[L. s.] Witness my hand and the seal of said court, this 9th day of June, A. D. 1858. HENRY C. FIELDS, Clerk.
Filed in office of town clerk, June 14, 1858.
RUFUS HALL, Deputy Clerk.
The first meeting of the board of trustees of "The Inhabitants of the Town of Wyandotte," was held June 12, 1858, when all were present and subscribed to the following oath, and were sworn into office by William L. McMath, justice of the peace:
COUNTY OF LEAVENWORTH, { ss. TERRITORY OF KANSAS,
William McKay, George Russell, Daniel Killen, William F. Simp- son and Charles S. Glick, hereby duly sworn say, that they will sup- port the Constitution of the United States, and the act to organize the Territory of Kansas, and faithfully demean themselves in office as trustees of " The Inhabitants of the Town of Wyandotte."
(Signed)
WILLIAM MCKAY,
CHARLES S. GLICK,
GEORGE RUSSELL,
WILLIAM F. SIMPSON, DANIEL KILLEN.
Sworn to before me this 12th day of June, A. D. 1858. WILLIAM S. MCMATH, Justice of the Peace.
The board of trustees formally organized by electing William Mc- Kay, chairman; Joseph W. H. Watson, clerk; Charles W. Patterson, assessor; Walter N. Canfield, collector, and Samuel E. Forsythe, con- stable. These then were the first corporate officers of Wyandotte.
The town was incorporated as a city, January 29. 1859, and the first city election was held in February of that year. The population was then 1,259. When Wyandotte became a city, the town was $1,500 in debt, which was assnmed by the new municipality.
The following is a complete roster of the corporate officers of Wyan-
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dotte, from the time it was first incorporated until it became a part of the consolidated city of Kansas City, Kas.
1858-The Inhabitants of the Town of Wyandotte: Trustees, William McKay, George Russell, Daniel Killen, Charles S. Glick, William F. Simpson.
1859- City of Wyandotte: Mayor, James R. Parr; aldermen, W. P. Overton, I. N. White, B. Judd, D. Killen, Isaiah Walker and H. McDowell; clerk, E. T. Vedder; assessor, David Kirkbride; treasurer, J. H. Harris; attorney, W. L. McMath; marshal, N. A. Kirk; engi- neer, W. Miller; street commissioner, H. Burgard.
1860-Mayor, George Russell; aldermen, Joseph Speck, Philip Hescher, A. D. Downs, B. Washington, S. A. Bartlett, C. R. Stucks- lager; clerk, T. J. Darling; assessor, J. W. Dyer; treasurer, C. H. Van Fossen; attorney, S. A. Cobb; marshal, H. H. Sawyer; street com- missioner, David Leavitt; engineer, W. Miller.
1861-Mayor, George Russell; aldermen, Jacob Kerstetter, E. L. Busche, James Sommerville, C. R. Stuckslager, O. S. Bartlett, C. Schneider; clerk, Francis House; assessor, W. Hood; treasurer, I. D. Heath; attorney, S. A. Cobb; marshal, P. S. Ferguson; street commissioner, W. Curran; engineer, Gustavus Zeitz.
1862-Mayor, S. A. Cobb; aldermen, Jacob Kerstetter, Robert Halford, J. P. Hanrion, N. A. Reinecher, W. H. Schofield, J. M. Funk; clerk, W. B. Bowman; marshal, P. S. Ferguson; assessor, W. Hood; attorney, J. S. Stockton; treasurer, I. D. Heath; street com- missioner, G. Knipfer; engineer, Horatio Waldo.
1863-Mayor, J. M. Funk; aldermen, Matthias Splitlog, W. P. Holcomb, J. P. Hanrion, B. Washington, J. Grindle, R. Chalk; clerk, W. B. Bowman; treasurer, I. D. Heath; attorney, J. S. Stockton; assessor, - Hance; street commissioner, G. Knipfer; Marshal, P. S. Ferguson.
1864-Mayor, J. M. Funk; aldermen, W. Cook, E. L. Busche, Fred Weber, R. Chalk, I. Moore, A. S. Cobb; clerk, W. B. Bowman; treasurer, W. P. Holcomb; attorney, W. B. Bowman; assessor, Joseph Hanford; marshal, Matthew Clary; engineer, W. Miller.
1865-Mayor, I. B. Sharp; aldermen, W. Cook, J. R. Parr, J. M. Chrysler, E. T. Hovey, Daniel Cable, J. J. Hughes; clerk, W. B. Bowman; marshal, John Bolton; attorney, C. S. Glick; treasurer, W. P. Holcomb; assessor, Joseph Hanford; street commissioner, W. Bucher; engineer, J. A. J. Chapman.
1866-Mayor, I. B. Sharp; aldermen, W. Cook, R. Anderson, C.
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Hains, D. Cable, B. Washington, N. A. Kirk; clerk, A. J. Cruise; attorney, C. S. Glick; marshal, M. Clary; assessor, Joseph Hanford; engineer, J. A. J. Chapman; street commissioner, G. A. Schreiner.
1867 -- Mayor, J. McGrew; aldermen, G. P. Nelson, H. West, J. H. Harris, B. Washington, Joab Toney, P. Lugibihl; clerk, J. A. Cruise; attorney, J. B. Scroggs; engineer, S. Parsons; treasurer, N. McAlpine; marshal, J. Lecompt; street commissioner, G. A. Schreiner; assessor, E. F. Heisler.
1868 -- Mayor, S. A. Cobb; councilmen, J. Hennessy, A. Jost, H. Grautman, R. E. Cable, J. Townsend; police judge, J. M. Funk; marshal, Thomas Redfield; attorney, F. B. Anderson; treasurer, Byron Judd; clerk, A. J. Cruise; engineer, C. Pinney; assessor, E. F. Heis- ler; street commissioner, John Hosp.
1869-Mayor, Byron Judd; aldermen, F. Castring, O. K. Serviss, J. Hennessy, R. E. Cable, N. Kearney, P. Knoblock; police judge, W. B. Bowman; marshal, H. C. Johnson; assessor, E. F. Heisler; clerk, J. A. Cruise; attorney, F. B. Anderson; street commissioner, T. Pur- till; engineer, J. McGee; treasurer, J. C. Welsh.
1870-Mayor, J. S. Stockton; councilmen, F. Bell, J. Bolton, R. E. Cable, F. Castring, P. Knoblock, O. K. Serviss; police judge, W. B. Bowman; marshal, H. C. Johnson; assessor, E. F. Heisler; clerk, H. L. Alden; engineer, S. Parsons; street commissioner, John Hosp; attorney, H. W. Cook.
1871-Mayor, J. S. Stockton; councilmen, Frank Bell, John Bol- ton, Peter Connelly, H. C. Johnson, N. Kearney, P. Knoblock; treas- urer, O. K. Serviss; police judge, W. B. Bowman; marshal, H. T. Harris; attorney, E. L. Bartlett; clerk, H. L. Alden; eugineer, Fran- cis House; assessor, G. P. Nelson; street commissioner, S. Balmer.
1872-Mayor, J. S. Stockton; councilmen, D. W. Batchelder, P. Connelly, E. M. Dyer, C. C. Gerhardt, A. Jost, D. W. McCabe, Jacob Meunzenmayer, M. W. Phillips; police judge, W. B. Bowman; mar- shal, H. T. Harris; treasurer, O. K. Serviss; clerk, William Albright; attorney, W. J. Buchan; engineer, Francis House; assessor, G. P. Nelson.
1873-Mayor, James McGrew; councilmen, D. W. Batchelder, W. Cook, B. Grafton, James Hennessy, E. T. Hovey, J. C. Ives, A. Jost, L. Schleifer; police judge, M. B. Newman; treasurer, O. K. Serviss; clerk, William Albright; marshal, H. T. Harris; engineer, Francis House; assessor, J. J. Keplinger; street commissioner, W. B. Gar- lick; attorney, W. J. Buchan.
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1874-Mayor, G. B. Wood; councilmen, R. E. Cable, W. Cook, N. McAlpine, F. W. Meyer, J. Reid, W. H. Ryus, Louis Schleifer, F. Speck; police judge, M. B. Newman; treasurer, O. K. Serviss; clerk, W. Albright; engineer, F. House; street commissioner, J. P. Faber; assessor, J. J. Keplinger; marshal, H. T. Harris; attorney, W. J. Buchan.
1875-Mayor, C. Hains; councilmen, Russell Burdette, R. E. Cable, G. Grubel, F. W. Meyer, J. Reid, T. B. Roberts, L. Schleifer, F. Speck; police judge, M. B. Newman; marshal, H. T. Harris; attorney, W. J. Buchan; treasurer, J. C. Stout; clerk, W. Albright; assessor, G. W. Bishop; engineer, F. House; street commissioner, J. P. Taber.
1876-Mayor, C. Hains; councilmen, C. Anderson, Russell Bur- dette, H. E. Chadborn, J. L. Conklin, G. Grenbel, J. Hanford, H. C. Long, M. M. Stover; police judge, M. B. Newman; marshal, M. Col- lins; clerk, W. Albright; treasurer, J. W. Wahlenmaier; assessor, G. W. Bishop; engineer, F. House; street commissioner, F. Kramer; attorney, F. B. Anderson.
1877-Mayor, F. Speck; marshal, Mike Collins: police judge, R. E. Cable; treasurer, J. W. Wahlenmaier; treasurer board of educa- tion, Perley Pike; attorney, F. B. Anderson; councilmen, L. Cook, Dan Williams, R. Burdette, J. C. Welsh; board of education, R. Halford, J. P. Dennison, J. H. Gadd, A. M. Moyer.
1878-Mayor, Fred Speck; marshal, Michael Collins; treasurer, O. K. Serviss; treasurer board of education, Perley Pike; attorney, F. B. Anderson; councilmen, John E. Zeitz, M. M. Stover, J. Le- compt, James S. Bell; board of education, C. Crothers, W. R. Chap- man, James Furgason, H. C. Darby.
1879-Mayor, J. S. Stockton; treasurer, Chris. Bernhard; police judge, R. E. Cable; attorney, J. A. Hale; treasurer board of educa- tion, Chris Bernhard; councilmen, Lawson Cook, J. W. Wahlenmaier Dan Williams. V. S. Lucas, John Burk; board of education, J. L. Conklin, P. H. Knoblock, James S. Gibson, G. W. Bishop.
1880-Mayor, J. S. Stockton; marshal, H. T. Harris; council- men, Louis Burnett, Daniel Williams, D. E. Cornell, James S. Bell; board of education, H. C. Darby, W. R. Chapman. James Furgason, C. Anderson; attorney, J. A. Hale; police judge, R. E. Cable; treas- urer, Chris Bernhard.
1881-Mayor, R. E. Cable; marshal, V. S. Lucas; police judge, F. B. Anderson; treasurer, Chris Bernhard; attorney, Henry McGrew;
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councilmen, Louis Burnett, Peter Lugibihle, T. B. Roberts, D. E. Cornell, James S. Bell, Daniel Williams, J. C. Stout, George A. Dudley; board of education, Emile Kreiser, H. C. Darby, P. H. Knob- lock, W. R. Chapman, C. D. Schrader, W. C. Lyman, C. Anderson.
1882-83-Mayor, R. E. Cable; clerk, Ed. H. Sager; treasurer, C. Bernhard; police judge, T. B. Anderson; attorney, Henry Mc- Grew; engineer, Walter Hale; street commissioner, Thomas McCau- ' ley; marshal, H. T. Harris; councilmen, John B. Scroggs, E. A. Web- ster, D. E. Cornell, Charles Hains, George A. Dudley, Thomas H. Roberts, Charles Wilson, J. C. Beddington, James Brennan, D. Al- bert, Peter Lugibihle and J. C. Stout.
1883-85-Mayor, D. E. Cornell; clerk, H. E. Chadborn; attor- ney, Henry McGrew; treasurer, Louis Burnett; engineer, R. E. Ela; street commissioner, W. H. Brown; police judge, George W. Betts; marshal, O. K. Serviss.
1883-84-Councilmen, John E. Zeitz, Thomas Schultz, James Brennan, Henry Horstman, J. C. Boddington, Charles Hains, George A. Dudley, T. C. Foster, J. B. Scroggs, E. A. Webster, Charles Wil- son, W. A. Eldridge.
1884-85-Councilmen, W. P. Overton, J. J. Hannan, M. B. Has- kell, Frank Mapes, C. D. Montanye, William Clow, J. C. Boddington, Charles Dudley, Thomas C. Foster, Henry Horstman, Joseph Leaf, Theodore Schultz.
1885-86-Mayor, J. C. Martin; clerk, John Warren; treasurer, F. S. Merstetter; attorney, R. P. Clark; engineer, Everett Walker; street commissioner, N. J. Abbott; police judge, J. D. Green; mar- shal, O. K. Serviss.
Councilmen, W. P. Overton, Joseph Leaf, James Wheeler, E. A. Webster, M. B. Haskell, H. F. Johnson, Frank Mapes, G. W. Bishop, C. D. Montanye, R. F. Robison, William Clow, Charles Hilton.
Northrup's Addition to (or extension of) Wyandotte, lying between Kansas Avenue on the north and Barnett Street on the south, and bounded east by Seventh Street, was laid out in June, 1858, by Hiram M. Northrup. The court-house and the residence of Mr. Northrup are in this addition. Some extensions and subdivisions of Northrup's Addition have since been made.
The Wyandotte City Company's Addition to Wyandotte, lying between Maria Street and Kansas Avenue, and between Fourth and Seventh Streets, was surveyed and laid out by John McAlpine, trus- tee of the company.
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Wood & Walker's Addition to Wyandotte, comprising the allot- ments of Clarence F. Walker and Sarah L. Walker, as set off to them in a certain action in the district court in the county of Wyandotte, for the partition of certain lands of the county, wherein Lydia B. Walker was plaintiff and Thomas G. Walker and others were defend- ants, was laid out in May, 1872, by the proprietors, George B. and Annie B. Wood and Louise S. Walker.
The village of Armstrong, now included within the city limits of Kansas City, Kas., was surveyed in October, 1871, by E. C. Smeed, for the Kansas Pacific Railway Company, who laid it out in a pictur- esque style, with a public square and diagonal avenues verging there- from, and other avenues and circular streets partially surrounding the square. It was named in honor of Silas Armstrong.
D. F. Voss' part of Wyandotte City is bounded by commencing at the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 10, Town 11 south, Range 25 east; thence south 329 feet; thence east 677 feet; thence north 353 feet across the alley to the land conveyed by M. Splitlog and wife to the Catholic Church; thence west and along said church land to the southwest corner of the same; thence south 24 feet; thence west 108 feet to the place of beginning, containing 5,42% 106 acres. It was laid ont in August, 1872, by D. F. Voss and wife.
Woodlawn Cemetery, at Wyandotte, situated on the southeast quarter of Section 33, was surveyed and laid out by the Wyandotte Cemetery Association in July, 1873. The grounds consist of an ob- long square twenty-three rods wide, east and west, by seventy-nine rods long, north and south, containing sixteen and one-half acres. In the center is Woodlawn Park, south of which is Cedar Park and north of which is Elm Park. The cemetery is bounded on the west by Ninth Street, from which is the main entrance.
Oak Grove Cemetery, embracing ten acres in the northeast quar- ter of the southwest quarter of Section 34, Town 10 south, Range 25 east, was laid out in September, 1873, by the City Cemetery Associa- tion, of which R. B. Taylor was then president.
The Connelly Addition to Wyandotte City, lying between Fifth Street and the Kansas River, and mostly south of Barnett Street, and containing twelve blocks of various sizes, was laid out in December, 1873, by Peter Connelly. and his wife, Cornelia D. Connelly.
Riverview Addition to Wyandotte City, lying in the point be- tween Fifth and Ferry Streets, was laid out by James M. Ford, the
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proprietor, in October, 1878. It contains seventeen lots, all varying in size.
Tenney's Addition to Wyandotte City, bounded as follows: Com- mencing at the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest of Section 10, Township 11 south, Range 25 east; thence east 462 feet; thence south 505 feet; thence west 1,162 feet; thence north 505 feet; thence east 660 feet to the beginning, was laid out in July, 1878, by William C. Tenney, its proprietor. This addition was vacated by order of the board of county commissioners, June 17, 1879.
The town of Riverview, now within the corporate limits of Kansas City, Kas., was laid out in April, 1879, by William C. Tenney, John F. Moores, James M. Ford and Henry C. Arnold, the original pro- prietors. It contains a lake and park. Some of the streets are circu- lar, and the whole place is beautiful in appearance. It has twenty-four large blocks of irregular and various shapes, each being divided into lots also of different sizes.
Whipple's Addition to Riverview was laid out in January, 1880, by A. J. Whipple, the proprietor. This addition comprises a tract near the center of Riverview Addition, which was not subdivided when that addition was surveyed. It is therefore an addition within an addition.
Highland Park Addition to Armstrong was laid out in June, 1879, by Barzillai Gray and William H. Lott. It embraces ten acres off the west side of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 15, Town 11 south, Range 25 east.
Stout & Co.'s Addition to Wyandotte City, lying west of Sixth Street and astride of Orrville Street, was laid out in March, 1880, by the original proprietors, J. C. Stout, Martha Stout, George H. Miller, Julia A. Miller and Orville D. Burt.
Stout & Co.'s Second Addition to Wyandotte City, lying west of Sixth Street, and astride of Emerson Street, was laid out in May, 1880, by the same parties.
West Riverview, lying east of Eighth Street and south of Ohio Street, was laid out in May, 1880, by Henry Buckingham and wife, the proprietors.
Smith & Keating's Addition to Wyandotte City, adjoining Sixth Street on the west and striding Barnett and Young Streets, was laid out in January, 1881, by William J. Smith and George J. Keating, the proprietors.
Hammerslough's First Addition to the city of Wyandotte, embrac-
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ing the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 10, Township 11 south, Range 25 east, containing ten acres, was laid out in February, 1881, by Louis Hammerslough, proprietor.
Crane's Addition to Wyandotte City, lying south of Central Avenue, and astride of Third Street, containing niue and a half acres, was laid out in March, 1881, by F. D. Crane and Adaline Crane, his wife, who were the proprietors.
McAlpine's Addition to the city of Wyandotte, lying in the south- east quarter of the southeast of Section 9, Township 11 south, Range 25 east, was laid out in May, 1883, by Nicholas McAlpine and Maria W. McAlpine, proprietors.
Many other additions to Wyandotte, too numerous to mention here, were laid out before it became a part of the consolidated city of Kan- sas City, Kas., and many additions to the latter city have since been made, and many suburban places also. One of the most noted of these is Chelsea Place, and Chelsea Park, in the northwestern part of the city, two and a half miles west and one-half mile north of the Kan- sas River, and which is easily reached from all parts of the two Kansas Cities by means of the street railways. Chelsea Park is one of the prettiest places to be found, being in a natural forest of black walnut, elm, oak and other native trees. Its surface consists of hills and ra- vines, the largest ravine being traversed by a small stream, which fur- nishes water for the artificial lake which has been made by building a dam across the ravine. The lake covers about two acres, and affords a pleasant place for boat-riding. The place is fitted up with beauti- ful drives and walks, appropriate buildings, a museum, rustic bridges, flower gardens, etc., and is much resorted to by the people generally.
The following account of the history of the former city of Kansas City, Kas., is from Andreas' "History of Kansas " published in 1883: "It would be almost an impossibility to write in detail the early history of Kansas City, Kas., without treating the topics connected with the early times of the whole region, comprising the establishment of the Chouteaus at a point about three miles below Kansas City, and on the south side of the Kaw River, opposite Muncie, between 1821 and 1825, and the French settlement, or the Kawsmouth settlement, made after the flood of 1826, which washed away M. Chouteau's post- agency houses in the bottom opposite Randolph Bluffs. Again, it would be an impossibility to separate Kansas City, Kas., from Kansas City, Mo., in such a narrative, which partakes at best, much of the
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