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Ula' .QJz1z'fzda1'0 N a picturesque ravine running up from the Missouri River some three miles above Kansas City, Kansas, gentle breezes blow over vine-clad ruins whispering the story of a once thriving pioneer town of Quindaro. They tell of prosperous hotels, warehouses stocked with valuable goods, busi- ness blocks and substantial dwelling houses. Abelard Guthrie was a VVyan- dot Indian by adoption, having married into the tribe, and through his efforts the land was purchased from the Indians. The town was named in honor of Mrs. Guthrie, whose maiden name was Quindaro Brown. The land was surveyed in 1856 and on January I, 1857, the first ground on the town site was broken. Free State men came in by the hundreds. Stone and brick structures arose on the bluffs and in the winding gullies. A news- paper was established. In five months, Quindaro possessed one hundred buildings, among them the Quindaro House, the largest hotel in the country. All trades and professions were represented in the flourishing little town. A saw mill was erectedg one of the largest ferries on the Missouri ran to Park- ville, roads were laid in the directions of Lawrence and Shawnee. Public confidence was high and a grand future for Quindaro seemed assured. After two years of the rreatest ros eritv the town started on a down- . E P P .i ward trend. Various reasons have been given for its decline, but the un- doubted cause was the superior location of Kansas City and VVyandotte. Situated at the 'unction of two rivers with better steamboat landings they J - v . proved more attractive to immigrants and the tide turned against Quindaro. Dishonest management hastened the decline. The warehouse and business blocks were deserted and in two years Quindaro was practically dead. The uartering of troo s there at the be finning of the Civil War and their rou li fl c P fe- , g handlin of the citv Com leted the ruin. g . P Today Quindaro wears a garment of weeds and underbrush. Scattered along the hillside are a few mounds with a few feet of wall standing out from the dense growing vines and trees. Except for the memories, which remain, this is all that is left of Quindaro.
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