Time Travel Series: Haunted West Bottoms & Pendergast Tales
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Events Description
Gamblers, ghosts, and the political machine that ran Kansas City.
Time Travel Series: Haunted West Bottoms & Pendergast Tales comes to the American Royal Hall at Rock Island Bridge on Tuesday, October 27th from 6 to 7 PM. It starts with the West Bottoms and how the Pendergasts got their start, then gets into the stories that made the neighborhood famous and a little haunted. Hear about a brawl at the livestock exchange, the block once called the wettest on earth, and the kidnappings of the Pendergast era. It’s local history told steps from where it happened.
Here’s What to Expect:
- A short history of the West Bottoms and the rise of the Pendergasts
- Father Jardine, St. Mary’s Church, and the haunting of Epperson House
- The day James A. Reed and Mayor James Jones came to blows at the livestock exchange
- Famous kidnappings of the Pendergast era, from Michael Katz to Mary McElroy
- An hour of haunted Kansas City history above the Kansas River
- 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
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Gamblers, ghosts, and the political machine that ran Kansas City.
Time Travel Series: Haunted West Bottoms & Pendergast Tales comes to the American Royal Hall at Rock Island Bridge on Tuesday, October 27th from 6 to 7 PM. It starts with the West Bottoms and how the Pendergasts got their start, then gets into the stories that made the neighborhood famous and a little haunted. Hear about a brawl at the livestock exchange, the block once called the wettest on earth, and the kidnappings of the Pendergast era. It’s local history told steps from where it happened.
Here’s What to Expect:
- A short history of the West Bottoms and the rise of the Pendergasts
- Father Jardine, St. Mary’s Church, and the haunting of Epperson House
- The day James A. Reed and Mayor James Jones came to blows at the livestock exchange
- Famous kidnappings of the Pendergast era, from Michael Katz to Mary McElroy
- An hour of haunted Kansas City history above the Kansas River
