Show kansas city in 1853 kansas a pleasant post village ot of jackson county missouri on the missouri river three quarters of a mile below the mouth c ot f the kansas river and fourteen miles west from independence it has a good landing and an active business great numbers of emigrants pass through this place it contains several churches and in 1853 about 1000 inhabitants this is the description of kansas city in a book printed in 1854 before kansas was a state the book is entitled A new and complete gazetteer ot of the united states giving a full and comprehensive review ot of the present conditions industry and resources of the american confederacy it contains a map that designates all the country west of the mississippi river as indian territory |