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Kansas City, Kansas! KANSAS CITY < KS (913)321-5800 www.VisitKansasCityKS.com GROUP TOUR Planner CUSTOM ITINERARIES Impress your group with behind the scenes tours and more! PAGE.10 Plan Your Trip Unique atch up on your Kansas history, watch marbles Cbeing made, learn about the many ethnic groups Group who settled here, or see some of the history of mod- ern medicine. These and more adventures await you Tours in Kansas City, KS. Fun For asting the World’s Hottest Sauce, cheer on the TKansas City T-Bones, hayrides and apples in the All Fall, trying your hand at Hollywood Casino or tasting Kansas grown wines, are a few of the many activities we can plan for your groups. Exclusive heck out our website, VisitKansasCityKS.com for Offers Cever changing offers. Follow us. /visitkck /visitkck /visitkansascityks Welcome to Kansas City, Kansas! elcome to Kansas City, on Edwardsville, Kansas. Located in the Kansas side! Kansas the heart of the Midwest, we are Kerry Green WCity, Kansas is a leading accessible from everywhere. tourist location in the state of Meeting, Group and Kansas and the Kansas City Legendary Kansans and historical Event Manager metropolitan area. We are excited figures such as Lewis and Clark are Kansas City, KS CVB you are considering us for your next a part of our history. See the place tour! where Lewis and Clark camped [email protected] and tour The Legends Outlets Kansas City, Kansas As the perfect location, we are Kansas City to learn about Dwight just a short distance from several Eisenhower, Amelia Earhart, Bob Convention & Visitors other cities. You can travel east Dole and other great Kansans. Visit the many historical sites which make Bureau, Inc. into Kansas City, Missouri; south to Overland Park, Kansas; north to Fort the city such an interesting place to Leavenworth and Atchison, Kansas visit and live. and west to Lawrence and Topeka, P.O. Box 171517 Kansas. Hollywood Casino, Schlitterbahn Kansas City, KS 66117 Waterpark Kansas City, Children’s The staff of the Kansas City Kansas Mercy Park, Kansas Speedway, Convention & Visitors Bureau is The Great Wolf Lodge, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Cabela’s, T-Bones (913)321-5800 available to assist you with your group planning needs. We are happy Stadium, Moon Marble and Legends (800)264-1563 to provide information on a variety Outlets Kansas City are only a few of attractions, hotels, restaurants, sites waiting to welcome you. Many Fax: (913)371-0204 shopping and activities. We national and local restaurants are welcome the opportunity to send located in Kansas City, Kansas for you brochures, sample itineraries or your dining experience. From Bar- visitKansasCityKS.com general information at your request. B-Q to steaks, we have something for everyone. If shopping is your Whatever your needs, we will work pleasure, we can accommodate you! to make your visit memorable. From western wear to New York City runway fashions, we have it all. BRIEF HISTORY INFORMATION As you plan for your next tour, we Kansas City, Kansas and Wyandotte hope that you consider all that County are located on the banks Kansas City, Kansas have to offer. where the Kansas and Missouri Contact the Kansas City Kansas rivers meet. Wyandotte County Convention & Visitors Bureau for consists of three cities: Kansas City, additional information. Kansas, Bonner Springs, Kansas and 2 Group Tour Planner HELPFUL INFORMATION AIRPORT Kansas City International (MCI) 816-243-5219 or www.flykci.com Airlines Serving KCI (MCI) Air Canada Sea Port AirTran Airways Southwest Alaska Airlines Spirit American United Delta US Airways WESTON Platte River Frontier 71 169 PLATTE Smithville JJ CITY 29 Lake Fort 273 Distance from Major Cities Leavenworth SMITHVILLE 92 Chicago: 512 miles TO ATCHISON 92 N KANSAS CITY, MO. Denver: 600 miles 7 73 92 St. Louis: 251 miles FARLEY 291 LEAVENWORTH 435 San Francisco: 1,803 miles 435 Kansas City 7 International Dallas: 552 miles Airport (KCI) 291 169 Train 152 WALDRON AMTRAK- Service to Kansas City LANSING K from over 500 destinations. 71 GLADSTONE 5 45 N 29 amtrak.com or 816-962-5399 PARKVILLE FF M 9 435 WYANDOTTE is sou er Local Bus Service COUNTY, Wyandotte ri Riv RIVERSIDE County Lake 35 210 The METRO- The city’s public KANSAS er 5 635 NORTH Riv 7 ri BASEHOR KC ou bus system is affordable and iss KANSAS CITY, KANSAS Downtown M Airport 9 convenient. For a complete listing 24 73 70 70 24 of fares & routes, visit kcata.org or TO TOPEKA call 816-346-0200 for general EDWARDSVILLE 132 670 INDEPENDENCE BONNER 32 SPRINGS information. Kans 435 KANSAS CITY, 69 as 71 Riv 35 er Lake KANSAS Quivira Major Highways 56 MERRIAM 169 SHAWNEE KANSAS CITY, MO Interstates 12 12 PRAIRIE Shawnee VILLAGE 435 East - West: I-70, I-435 Mission Swope Park Park North - South: I-29, I-35, I-435 71 TO LAWRENCE RAYTOWN LEAWOOD 10 LENEXA 69 U.S. / Kansas DESOTO OVERLAND PARK 435 East - West: US-24, US-40, K-32 North - South: US-69, US-169, K-7 7 35 Longview Lake Climate - Average Temperature OLATHE GRANDVIEW May: 65.1 Sept: 69.7 169 150 Jan: 29.1 May: 65.1 Sept: 69.7 June: 74.4 Oct: 58.5 69 Feb: 32.8 June: 74.4 Oct: 58.5 July: 79.4 Nov: 44.3 March: 43.3 July: 79.4 Nov: 44.3 April: 55.3 Aug:Aug: 77.7 77.7 Dec:33.1Dec:33.1 Group Tour Planner 3 ATTRACTIONS GRINTER PLACE STATE HISTORIC SITE Shopping 1420 S. 78th Street 913-299-0373 CABELA’S www.kshs.org/grinter_place 10300 Cabela Drive Home of Moses Grinter, one of Kansas’ earliest settlers, who 913-328-0322 established the first ferry across the Kansas River. The 1857 www.cabelas.com Georgian vernacular home was built on the Delaware Indian Retail showroom is 180, 000 Reserve. One of the oldest farmhouses in Kansas. sq. ft. of hunting, fishing and Guided tours by appointment. Map Locator I6 related outdoor gear store. Also includes a free 11,500 HURON INDIAN CEMETERY sq. ft. Mule Deer Country 7th & Ann Museum with the world’s 913-721-1078 largest collection of life size trophy mule deer in natural This cemetery was established in 1843 after the forced surroundings. Store includes laser arcade, archery, art gallery, migration of the Wyandotte Nation from their homes near aquarium, furniture department, gun library, restaurant, Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Located at a high point overlooking general store, bargain cave and gift shop. Guided tours by the meeting of the Kansas and Missouri rivers. Map Locator appointment. Motorcoach parking available. Map Locator F4 G12 MOON MARBLE COMPANY STORE LEWIS AND CLARK HISTORIC 600 E. Front Street PARK AT KAW POINT Bonner Springs, KS 1 River City Drive 913-441-1432 913-573-8362 www.moonmarble.com www.lewisandclarkwyco.org Machine made and handmade marbles galore by various The Lewis and Clark artists. Learn about glass working and marble history as you Expedition arrived at Kaw watch a marble making demonstration. Peruse the displays Point, at the confluence of of antique marble toys, play marble games and visit the gift the Kansas and Missouri shop for unusual timeless toys. Map Locator G5 river in Kansas City, KS on June 26, 1804. This six acre park, which opened in 2004, NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART features an open air education pavilion with interpretive 1601 Village West Parkway signs about the expedition as well as an interactive computer 913-288-6200 element. Trails run through the woods and along the river. www.nfm.com Boat ramp and docking area allow river access. Map Locator Now over 1 million sq.ft. home furnishings superstore is G12 awesome in size, quantity and selection. Carries everything from furniture to flooring to appliances and electronics. OLD QUINDARO MUSEUM Guided tours by appointment. Map Locator F4 3432 North 29th Street 913-244-8497 LEGENDS OUTLETS KANSAS www.OldQuindaroMuseum.org CITY The museum seeks to preserve the rich history of the 1843 Village West Parkway Quindaro community, where runaway slaves found sanctuary. 913-788-3700 Find old-fashioned shackles reminiscent of the ones used www.legendsshopping.com to confine a slave and other items on display inside the This upscale-outdoor museum. shopping center celebrates the legends of Kansas from ROSEDALE MEMORIAL ARCH the past and present through 35th and Booth Streets statues, fountains, banners 913-573-8327 and landscapes. Can be enjoyed as an audio tour and the A tribute to World War I shopping center also features scavenger hunts. Many of soldiers, and based on Paris’ The Legends shops are the first or only of their kind in the Arc de Triomphe, the Arch Midwest. The Legends contains many shops you won’t want was designed by Rosedale to miss, including Ann Taylor, Old Navy, Books-A-Million, and resident John LeRoy Off-Broadway Shoes. Map Locator F4 Marshall and was dedicated in 1923. In 1993, a monument was added to honor soldiers of WWII and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. Hours: open Historical Attractions 24 hours. Admission: free. F.L. SCHLAGLE LIBRARY STRAWBERRY HILL MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER 4051 West Drive 720 N. 4th Street Wyandotte County Lake Park 913-371-3264 913-299-2384 www.strawberryhillmuseum.org Year-round interactive library, nature center and nature This Queen Anne style home built in 1887 hosts a museum trail offer scientific, educational, cultural information and that preserves and highlights the diverse ethnic cultures recreational opportunities to visitors of all ages. Guided that immigrants from Eastern Europe brought to Kansas City, tours by appointment. Map Locator C5 Kansas in the early 1900’s.
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