Well I tried again to find marker 1. Once again I walked and walked. No marker. So I start over. If you remember I found a park on top of a parking garage during the last time I looked. The park is called The Barney Allis Plaza.
The Barney Allis Plaza is supposed to have: Old French Kansas City Marker, Convention Center Marker, Bronco Buster, and another marker for the Phoenix Society.
None of the markers are here.
I have been driving myself crazy. It's truely not here. None of them are.
But once again I found beautiful buildings
I have to find out what this building is.
What caught eye was the very top
You can't see it really good but it looks like a castle.
Almost impossible to see but this building says Downtown Garage
This is the Barney Hotel. Historical Landmark.
Angels
Pegaus
The front doors
On another corner I found the Folly Theater
Back to the french, Francios and Berenice Chouteau are known as the Father and Mother of settlement that grew into Kansas City. They established the first permanent settlement in 1821. A community grew in the French Bottoms (now West Bottoms). In 1850 Cyprian Chouteau and partners built a trading post. I posted about it during the ice storm - The oldest brick building in Kansas City, now Kelly's.
Marker 2 Chouteau's Church
Marker 3 The Old French Cemetery
Marker 4 Chez Les Canses or Chouteau's French Bottoms
Marker 7
Marker 5 Bourgmont
Marker 8 The Old Chouteau Trading Post at River Market
Marker 9 French Bottoms
And this is where my search ends. I was so interested in this topic but it has been so frustrating. My search stops here because the map from the Chouteau Society of the 11 markers only shows 10. I'm done. Hopefully I will pick up the others just by chance.
Can't wait for the next adventure.
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