Kansas City Attractions
Kansas City
This double city in the Midwest, straddling the border between Kansas and Missouri, lies at the junction of the Kansas River with the Missouri, extending along the high banks of both rivers (the Bluffs). World-famous for its steaks and its jazz, Kansas City is now the centre of an extensive agricultural region. The great stockyards and packing stations of the 19th c. have given place to highly efficient foodstuffs industries and other processing industries (automobile construction, engineering, chemicals, paper). A glance at the skyline of Kansas City, Missouri is enough to show that it remains the more important of the two sister cities. Not for nothing does it enjoy national renown as the "Barbecue Capital" and jazz metropolis - this is where Charlie "Bird" Parker created "bebop".
History Kansas City, Kansas (pop. 186,000) developed in the mid-19th c. out of a small town established by white settlers. For a time it was the eastern terminus of the first transcontinental railroad and thus gained importance as a commercial centre. Kansas City, Missouri (pop. 450,000), grew out of a settlement of French fur traders and a Jesuit mission and during the 19th c. rapidly developed into a lively economic and cultural centre.
This double city in the Midwest, straddling the border between Kansas and Missouri, lies at the junction of the Kansas River with the Missouri, extending along the high banks of both rivers (the Bluffs). World-famous for its steaks and its jazz, Kansas City is now the centre of an extensive agricultural region. The great stockyards and packing stations of the 19th c. have given place to highly efficient foodstuffs industries and other processing industries (automobile construction, engineering, chemicals, paper). A glance at the skyline of Kansas City, Missouri is enough to show that it remains the more important of the two sister cities. Not for nothing does it enjoy national renown as the "Barbecue Capital" and jazz metropolis - this is where Charlie "Bird" Parker created "bebop".
History Kansas City, Kansas (pop. 186,000) developed in the mid-19th c. out of a small town established by white settlers. For a time it was the eastern terminus of the first transcontinental railroad and thus gained importance as a commercial centre. Kansas City, Missouri (pop. 450,000), grew out of a settlement of French fur traders and a Jesuit mission and during the 19th c. rapidly developed into a lively economic and cultural centre.
Great Wolf Lodge
Great Wolf Lodge is a family resort designed with a northwoods atmosphere. Highlights include an indoor entertainment area, with a large scale waterpark, arcade with ticket redemption as well as a children's craft and activity room.
The waterpark at Great Wolf Lodge has 8 waterslides, three pools and a four-story, 12 level treehouse waterfort.
The waterpark at Great Wolf Lodge has 8 waterslides, three pools and a four-story, 12 level treehouse waterfort.
Great Wolf Lodge
10401 Cabela Drive
Kansas City, KS 66111
United States
10401 Cabela Drive
Kansas City, KS 66111
United States
Phone 1 (913) 299-7001
Fax 1 (913) 299-7002
Grinter Place State Historic Site
Grinter Place State Historic Site is near the location of an early trading post where Moses Grinter with his wife, Annie, a Delaware Indian, settled. They traded with the Native Americans and operated a ferry where the military road crossed the Kansas River.
