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| Title | A Lost Pioneer |
| Abstract | Americus V. McKim, known as "the father of Kansas City baseball" is buried in Elmwood Cemetery. He died February 10, 1910 at age 70. In the 1880s, "McKim was the driving force who brought major-league baseball to Kansas City for the first time". He was the owner of the Kansas City Unions who played in Athletic Park at Southwest Boulevard and Summit. The first game was between Chicago and Kansas City with Chicago winning. The second team formed by McKim was the Cowboys in the National League. McKim soon got out of baseball and became a brickmaker and general contractor. Harold Dellinger has done research on McKim and on early baseball in Kansas City. He has written books and participated in the marking of McKim's burial spot in Elmwood Cemetery. |
| Notes | See Also Northeast News, May 17, 2006, Vol. 75, No. 20, p.7, for another account. |
| Date | May 21, 2006 |
| Source | The Kansas City Star |
| Location | Vertical File: Baseball |
| Page | C1:1 |
| Local Subject | McKim, Americus V.
Baseball--History
Kansas City Cowboys
Kansas City Unions
Dellinger, Harold
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| Illustrations | Yes |
| Item Type | Newspaper Article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 215933 |
| CONTENTdm number | 29514 |
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