Talk:Wyandotte, Kansas

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One wonders how the original "Wyandotte Constitution" Wyandotte, Kansas, could be so overlooked, given its importance in the founding of the state.

The Wyandot were the real founders of Kansas City, Kansas, in so much as the towns that merged to make modern Kansas City were founded by Wyandot;
 * Wyandotte was founded in 1843-44 by the Wyandot on land they purchase from the Delaware, but not incorprated until 1857.
 * Armstrong was named for the prominent Wyandot Silas Armstrong family.
 * The original Kansas City village was founded on Kansas land purchased from Silas Armstrong, who had claim to the land as his Wyandot float (Wyandot float #1) and who was also a member of the Kansas City Town Company.

Although Wyandotte was the much larger town, the merger took the more pretentuous name of the smaller village.

IveGoneAway (talk) 22:24, 19 March 2023 (UTC)