This is an interior view of the Baltimore Hotel, once owned by the Dean family. (Missouri Valley Special Collections)

This is an interior view of the Baltimore Hotel, once owned by the Dean family. (Missouri Valley Special Collections)

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curiousKC: What Question About KC History Is Your Favorite?

November 2, 2020 | Vicky Diaz-Camacho | 1 min read

Flatland receives a lot of questions about Kansas City’s history.

Below we’ve curated four questions from readers, ranging from burial markers for a Kansas police officer in the 1870s to traveling cowboy stars stopping by Children’s Mercy Hospital in the 1950s. Sure, this is a mixed bag of queries but they were all too fascinating to ignore.

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