Excerpt from Kansas City: Illustrated in Three Decades; Being a Chronicle Wherein Is Set Forth the True Account of the Founding, Rise, and Present Position Occupied by Kansas City in Municipal America Since the American Revolution, cities have ceased to owe their origin to the dictates of the State - especially so in America. And in the vast field west of the Alleghany Moun tains the private individual has in nearly every instance sown the seed from which has sprung a multitude of cities unparalleled for their prosperity and rapid development. The world has never seen an empire as compact and solidly built as are these United States; and from their exact center radiate the thous and channels oi commerce that have fostered the growth of Kansas City. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.