Kansas City River Market District
Kansas Cikty played a major role in American history as a gateway for pioneers heading West along the Oregon, California and Santa Fe Trails. For many generations, the land around Kansas City was shared by several Indian tribes, including the Osage, Kansa and Wyandotte. In the late 1700s/early 1800s, trappers and traders began developing the Town of Kansas (later known as Kansas City) on the southern bank of the Missouri River, a short distance from where it joins with the Kansas River.
A few years later, thousands of pioneers would disembark from riverboats at this point to begin their overland journey, making the public square a busy place! Early settlers gathered in the River Market area to sell or trade their produce, furs and other commodities. The first market house was erected in 1858, still the site of the current City Market.
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