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In the 1870s, annexation supporters proposed a number of plans, several of which called upon Kansas to "purchase" the city from Missouri.

In 1878, The Kansas City Times began publishing articles in favor of annexation, arguing that the bulk of Kansas City’s trade already took place with towns in Kansas. Most Kansas City residents, according to the paper, considered themselves to be Kansans, regardless of the lines on a map. Furthermore, much of the area’s development was occurring in what would in 1886 become Kansas City, Kansas. The area’s emerging cities would essentially end up as one metropolis, yet the state line spurred economic and political divisions that could potentially impair growth on both sides. The Times articles reasoned that in consideration of Kansas City’s desire to be annexed, Missouri would agree to the plan, provided that it was allowed to retain all tax revenue from Kansas City for a period of 50 years.

This second movement for annexation culminated with the 1879 Kansas Senate resolution. The Kansas House voted in favor of the plan several days later, and the legislature awaited consent from Missouri and the U.S. Congress. It was the first time that the Kansas legislature officially attempted to annex Kansas City. Dozens of Kansas City business leaders and politicians pressed the Missouri legislature to concur with the resolution, but the city was now far more valuable than it had been in 1855 when Missouri was (according to Van Horn) willing to relinquish it. With no real incentive for Missouri to give up Kansas City, the Kansas-Missouri border remained stationary.

Further attempts to annex Kansas City occurred in 1884 and 1899. Throughout this time, Kansas City residents frequently claimed that surveyors failed to account for the changing routes of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers when determining the border. Therefore, the surveyors allegedly placed the Kansas-Missouri border six miles too far to the west in relation to the original Missouri state charter.

trailerkid wrote: Can't wait to hear Chef's opinion on this...

KC wanted to move to KS and the state of MO was more than ready to disown the city.

The more things change, the more things stay the same...

AllThingsKC wrote: Back when Kansas was known as the "Kansas Territory," its borders went so far West that it included present day Denver.  Thanks to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Kansas lost all that land that is now Colorado.



How cool would it have been to have Denver and Kansas City in the same state?  Kansas would have been a lot "cooler."  Although, we would probably be competing with Denver rather than St. Louis.  So, KC would still be overlooked, probably.

kcdcchef wrote: something seriously wrong with you. i actually complained when you got removed as a mod, shit, even pm'ed you on the matter voicing support. it is becoming clear to me that you are on a paved road to hell with your abilities to start shit now. you have surpassed myself, paintfumes, devin, shit, you are almost with MD now. wont be long before you boys have a competition to see who can get 30 members ignoring them first.

back to my opinion that you so highly covet, what the fuck do i care about some nonsense from 150 years ago? it didnt happen. they wanted slaves back then too, for blacks to use seperate facilities to eat and shit, for women not to vote, and for gays to be publicly executed. this is a time in american history where we abandoned the gallows for the more humane methods of the electric chair and the gas chamber. we were sure a foward thinking society back then.

and i still hate kansas, regardless of this horseshit. but like all nonsense from your side of the state line, you wanted it, ( kansas ) and missouri was not really in favor of it. you have a newspaper read by about 5,000 wealthy to do folks saying kc was in favor of it. amazing how much newspapers have improved in 2 centuries.

trailerkid wrote:
I'm not really concerned about people ignoring me. Even Grid + KC(P) have people ignoring them with the current climate of sensitivity on here.

AllThingsKC wrote: Back when Kansas was known as the "Kansas Territory," its borders went so far West that it included present day Denver.  Thanks to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Kansas lost all that land that is now Colorado.



How cool would it have been to have Denver and Kansas City in the same state?  Kansas would have been a lot "cooler."  Although, we would probably be competing with Denver rather than St. Louis.  So, KC would still be overlooked, probably.

Spartan65 wrote: Texas once lied to surveyors about the whereabouts of the Red River so as to claim parts of what was Oklahoma. And for years it even worked for them. It's funny how states try and get pieces of other states.

GRID wrote: What are some of these sockpuppet account names?

Spartan65 wrote:
Kansas has a Pittsburgh.

Spartan65 wrote: Oh. Well, they probably have a lot of trailers there, so that figures. 

Tosspot wrote: Kansas State Motto:

                                    Protecting America from Missouri since the Civil War.






(I think it goes something like that)

trailerkid wrote: Wait a minute...

You're from Oklahoma.