Time Travel Series: Tales of the Historic West Bottoms with Steve Noll
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Fires, floods, and 225 years of a neighborhood that keeps changing.
Time Travel Series: Tales of the Historic West Bottoms comes to the American Royal Hall at Rock Island Bridge on Tuesday, November 17th, from 6 to 7 PM. Steve Noll traces 225 years of a place that began as an agricultural zone, grew into a transportation hub and industrial complex, and is now a residential and public event destination. The talk is titled “A Place Shaped by Fires, Floods, and Flesh,” and it is an hour of local history told in the neighborhood where it happened.
Here’s What to Expect:
- An evening with Steve Noll on the history of the West Bottoms
- 225 years, from farmland to industrial hub to today’s neighborhood
- Part of the Time Travel Series, the bridge’s Kansas City history talks
- Free admission
- An hour of local history on the historic Rock Island Bridge
This event is free and open to the public. Just show up and enjoy.
- Make the most of your visit
Join us for lunch or dinner—our dining room and walk-up window are open daily.
From 11 AM to 3 PM, enjoy the casual Rock Island Eats lunch menu, featuring comfort-food favorites and quick bites.
Beginning at 3 PM, we serve the River House dinner menu, featuring Midwest lake-house favorites, coastal smokehouse flavors, cocktails, and scenic river views.
Prefer to grab your food and go enjoy the rest of the bridge? The walk-up window (Rock Island Eats) is open for both lunch and dinner.
See River House Menu
See Rock Island Eats Menu
Fires, floods, and 225 years of a neighborhood that keeps changing.
Time Travel Series: Tales of the Historic West Bottoms comes to the American Royal Hall at Rock Island Bridge on Tuesday, November 17th, from 6 to 7 PM. Steve Noll traces 225 years of a place that began as an agricultural zone, grew into a transportation hub and industrial complex, and is now a residential and public event destination. The talk is titled “A Place Shaped by Fires, Floods, and Flesh,” and it is an hour of local history told in the neighborhood where it happened.
Here’s What to Expect:
- An evening with Steve Noll on the history of the West Bottoms
- 225 years, from farmland to industrial hub to today’s neighborhood
- Part of the Time Travel Series, the bridge’s Kansas City history talks
- Free admission
- An hour of local history on the historic Rock Island Bridge
This event is free and open to the public. Just show up and enjoy.
