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Finding a Future for Old Quindaro

Photo by Elana Gordon / KCUR.

By Susan B. Wilson and Elana Gordon

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A local historian says the old Quindaro ruins are the largest existing underground railroad site in the country. But today, it's mostly covered in vegetation. To find out more about what's happened to the site, and what might come of it, KCUR's Susan Wilson spoke to Nathan Barnes, Wyandotte County's Commissioner for the first district, which includes Quindaro.

Hear the related story about the history of the John Brown statue in Quindaro, and a slideshow of the site.

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A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Susan admits that her “first love” was radio, being an avid listener since childhood. However, she spent much of her career in mental health, healthcare administration, and sports psychology (Susan holds a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Bloch School of Business at UMKC.) In the meantime, Wilson satisfied her journalistic cravings by doing public speaking, providing “expert” interviews for local television, and being a guest commentator/contributor to KPRS’s morning drive time show and the teen talk show “Generation Rap.”
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