Two centuries of civilizing the new West -- People, business, and industry grow rapidly -- The city's first major decades of development -- The Great Depression and the dust bowl take a toll -- The city plays a huge role in winning the war -- The 1950s contrast in the great flood of 1951 with postwar hubris -- The tough years of transition -- An era of consolidation, literally and figuratively -- 21st-century tehnological transformation affects everyone.
Summary
Kansas City, Kansas aims to present some of the historic past, much of which has long been demolished, so that modern readers may see the complete, "full service" city as it evolved between 1804 and 2012.
