The richest town in Kansas - Mission Hills

 Today I just had to see the richest town in Kansas and their fountains.

From the internet: Mission Hills, a suburb in the Kansas City area, is considered the richest city in Kansas. As of March 2024, Mission Hills had the highest median household income in Kansas, at over $250,000, and the highest average household income at $483,849. The median reported home value in Mission Hills is almost $1.6 million, and the median property taxes paid are over $10,000.

That's a lot for 1,241 houses and a population of 3,594 people.

They have no schools or businesses but they have 3 country clubs and several fountains.

They have lots of these.  

Some are marked on google map as urns.

I'm not sure what this is

Brookwood Fountain

Swan Fountain

Swan Fountain

At City Hall

Mission Hills City Hall Fountain

(Seriously, that's the name)

This part is called The Spring

City Hall

They have a pond.

Belinder Circle Fountain

Houses are amazing here.

This is the house I wanted to see but could not.

Russell Stover's

This city is one of JC Nichol's development.  He designed this as an elite garden community.  He recruited millions to sell to.  This seemed to be the crown jewel of his neighborhoods.

The more I read last night the most disgusted I became with JC Nichols.  

From Johnson County Museum: 

Nearly every Nichols development prior to 1950 contained this language in the property deed or the declaration of restrictions:

None of the said land may be conveyed to, used, owned, or occupied by negroes as owners or tenants.

He put lots of restrictions in.  

From the internet: These covenants “ran with the land,” meaning they were in force in perpetuity, restricting access to his neighborhoods to only the wealthy forever

What a jerk!  The court system has overturned some of them.  

Just a reminder: JC Nichols dreamed up and developed the Plaza.

Sometimes I don't like history.

Until tomorrow.