I-435 West KC-KS in Kansas City in Wyandotte County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Damon Runyon

Writer & Journalist

— October 4, 1884 • Manhattan, Kansas —

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Photographed by Jason Voigt, May 25, 2022

1. Damon Runyon Marker

Inscription. Alfred Damon Runyon grew up in Pueblo, Colorado. A sportswriter and columnist, he worked for papers throughout the Rocky Mountains before moving to New York. A colorful fiction writer, Runyon is celebrated for his short stories about gangsters and gamblers in New York City during the Prohibition. His distinctive vernacular, always in present tense, mixed formal speech with slang. Many stories were adapted for stage and screen, including Guys and Dolls and Little Miss Marker.

Erected by Legends Outlets.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment.

Location. 39° 7.619′ N, 94° 49.399′ W. Marker is in Kansas City, Kansas, in Wyandotte County. It is in I-435 West KC-KS. It can be reached from Village West Parkway. Marker is on the grounds of Kansas Legends Outlets shopping/entertainment complex. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1815 Village West Pkwy, Kansas City KS 66109, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Kansas. It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

on the prairies,

on the Southern Plains,

and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: John Steuart Curry (a few steps from this marker); Robert Merrell Gage (a few steps from this marker); William Inge (a few steps from this marker); William Allen White

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(a few steps from this marker); Aaron Douglas (a few steps from this marker); Frank Marshall Davis (within shouting distance of this marker); Elizabeth Layton (within shouting distance of this marker); Clarence D. Batchelor (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kansas City.

More about this marker. This is one of several sidewalk plaques placed on the grounds of Kansas Legends Outlets shopping/entertainment complex, which highlight notable people and inventions that came from the state of Kansas. Runyon's name is misspelled as Runyin in the marker text.

Also see . . . Damon Runyon on Wikipedia. (Submitted on June 22, 2022, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.)

Photographed by Jason Voigt, May 25, 2022

2. Damon Runyon Marker

Marker is on the grounds of Kansas Legends Outlets complex.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 22, 2022, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 242 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 22, 2022, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.