Kansas City Chiefs .is a sprawling metropolitan area at the convolution of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers, and is comprised of the cities of
Kansas City Chiefs ., Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas, as well as a number of smaller, interconnected, incorporated cities. Kansas City, Missouri is the major element in this metro area. The city occupies parts of four Missouri counties; Jackson, Clay, Cass and Platte, also Johnson County, Kansas. A village was established on this site in 1838 because of the river convergence and crossings. It grew quickly into a trading center for fur trappers who came down the rivers from the mountains and the trading companies who supplied them with the necessities to carry on their trapping excursions into the great mountains to the west. As the Great West of the US began to attract immigrants, Jackson County became the starting point for the famous trails leading to California, Oregon, New Mexico and the rest of the west. The California Trail, Oregon Trail and Santa Fe Trail all began in the area between
Kansas City Chiefs .and St. Joseph, MO. At present, the Kansas City Metropolitan area has a population of more than two million. The area is served by a number of Interstate Highways, rail and a very large airport north of the metro area. Known as the "City of Fountains," second only to Rome, Italy for the number of water displays, KCMO (as it is commonly known) is a city of more than 240 "neighborhoods," representing many ethnic and national groups. The Irish are well represented with more than 250,000 Irish-American residents. KCMO also has more than 132 miles of wide boulevards. The climate is varied, with cold, freezing winters and hot, humid summers . . . and everything in between. It is also located in the center of what the weathermen call, "Tornado Alley," because the atmospheric conditions during the summer season often generate huge rain storms that occasionally produce "twisters." Major corporations have headquartered in the metro area, including: Sprint-Nextel (wireless telephone), H & R Block (tax accounting services) and Hallmark (greeting cards). The Kansas City Board of Trade handles more hard-red-winter wheat, the primary ingredient in bread, than any other commodity exchange in the world. KCMO was established a major shipping point for the beef cattle raised in the American West in the mid-1800s and still is to this day. Famous for "Kansas City Strip Steaks" and other fine cuts of beef, the area abounds in restaurants featuring everything from steaks to barbeque. The KC stockyards are still home to one of the best of the best, The Golden Ox Steakhouse. Kansas City Style Barbeque is renowned. The many great purveyors of barbeque include: Arthur Bryant's, Gates & Sons and Firoella's Jack Stack. In KC barbeque, the sauce is as important as the meat. Most were developed from tomato-base, then sweetened with molasses. The recipes are closely held secrets. One sauce that has achieved worldwide distribution is "KC Masterpiece." The Sports activities in the area include major league baseball, football and soccer: The KC Royals baseball tem, KC Chiefs NFL football team and the KC Wizards soccer club, play their home games in the Sports Complex on the east side of the city. The Performing Arts are well represented by: The KC Symphony, Lyric Opera, Ballet and an annual Jazz Festival. For more information on
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