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The stone and brick foundations of the Wyandotte House Hotel peek up from the ground in the old settlement of Quindaro. It’s now an archaeological site owned by the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the City of Kansas City, Kansas.
Julie Denesha
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KCUR 89.3
The designation from the National Park Service opens up the Quindaro Townsite to new opportunities for federal funding and assistance. The ruins, now deteriorating, were once a haven for Black people escaping slavery and for Free State abolitionists.
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