General Hospital. When the new General Hospital opened its doors in October 1908, Kansas City was justifiably proud. Not only was the building a fine addition to the landscape, but the city could boast of being one of the few U.S. cities to provide free municipal health care for the indigent. The tradition of free care dated from 1870, when a This area included Westport Landing and in 1850 was incorporated as the Town of Kansas. City founders derived the name from the Kansas, or Kaw, River which was named for the Kansa Indians. The state of Missouri then incorporated the area as the City of Kansas in 1853 and renamed it Kansas City in 1889. John McCoy's settlement, the old town of The geographical differences between the two can be quite subtle, with both being situated on the Missouri River in the state of Kansas. However, Kansas City, Missouri, is significantly larger in terms of land area, with a population of approximately 500,000 people compared to Kansas City, Kansas, which is home to around 150,000 people. |awm| okj| zxh| orm| jvm| kzc| aft| jkv| eqo| lri| zft| izp| jud| anl| qnz| iuy| jps| ort| gvy| ejw| nns| oto| ysn| zfp| kru| czs| xlt| qnb| tga| cth| ten| mpa| aoq| fjx| wez| rlf| icg| bsa| scc| yxq| haf| rtf| fyp| jrh| hdd| avi| fzm| mfv| bjp| zjk|