Kansas City River View



Kansas City cut its teeth on the banks of the Missouri River in the present-day River Market. In its golden days, the River Market was a prosperous river community full of risk takers and visionaries set on hurling themselves into prosperity. It’s not so different today. The river, too, has overtaken Kansas City, awash with devastating floods in 1903, 1911 and 1951. But like the river herself, the city is enduring and ambitious, and always rebuilds, bigger and better. The Missouri River is a beautiful sight to behold, but beware you do not turn your back on her…