City
Kansas City
Steamboats landed Exodusters at Kansas City in Wyandotte County and nearby Kansas river towns on their way into the state.
Timeline
- 1869 An 1869 bird's-eye view of Wyandotte (now within Kansas City, Kansas) is held by the Library of Congress. Sourced Library of Congresshttps://www.loc.gov/item/73693408/Retrieved 2026-08-22
Connected through
Steamboat landing for Exodusters Exodustershttps://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/exodusters/12048
Notes
Most Exodusters arrived by steamboats landing in the river cities of Wyandotte, Atchison, and Kansas City. Link only Exodustershttps://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/exodusters/12048Retrieved 2026-08-22
Historic Wyandotte (now within Kansas City, Kansas) was a primary Kansas-side steamboat landing for Exodusters entering the state on the Missouri River. Link only Exodustershttps://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/exodusters/17162Retrieved 2026-08-22
Black communities also formed within cities like Topeka and Kansas City during the Exoduster migration. Link only Exodustershttps://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/exodusters/17162Retrieved 2026-08-22
The Great Exodus was a large-scale Black migration from the South to Kansas after Reconstruction. Sourced National Park Servicehttps://www.nps.gov/articles/exodusters.htmRetrieved 2026-08-22
Steamboat landings at Kansas City in Wyandotte County are the path hinge for Nicodemus Connected-through Exodusters peers. Link only Exodustershttps://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/exodusters/12048Retrieved 2026-08-22
Most Exodusters arrived by steamboats landing in the river cities of Wyandotte, Atchison, and Kansas City. Link only Exodustershttps://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/exodusters/12048Retrieved 2026-08-22
An 1869 bird's-eye view of Wyandotte (now within Kansas City, Kansas) is held by the Library of Congress. Sourced Library of Congresshttps://www.loc.gov/item/73693408/Retrieved 2026-08-22
Kansas City is the county seat of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Sourced Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q486472Retrieved 2026-08-22
NPS Nicodemus materials document the Exoduster migration to Kansas that frames Kansas City, Kansas (historic Wyandotte landing) as a Connected-through Exodusters peer of Nicodemus. Sourced National Park Servicehttps://www.nps.gov/articles/nicodemus.htmRetrieved 2026-08-22
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division hosts an 1869 bird’s-eye view of Wyandotte, Kansas (item 73693408), documenting the historic Wyandotte landing within Kansas City, Kansas. Sourced Library of Congresshttps://www.loc.gov/item/73693408/Retrieved 2026-08-22
Kansapedia Exodusters coverage documents Kansas river landings including historic Wyandotte / Kansas City used by Exoduster migrants (link-out). Link only Exodustershttps://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/exodusters/12048Retrieved 2026-08-22