Library District in Kansas City in Jackson County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Future Farmers of America
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 30, 2024
1. Future Farmers of America Marker
Learning to do
Doing to learn
Earning to live
Living to serve
FFA Motto
Erected 1978.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Education • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations. A significant historical date for this entry is November 20, 1928.
Location. 39° 6.164′ N, 94° 35.057′ W. Marker is in Kansas City, Missouri, in Jackson County. It is in the Library District. It is on Baltimore Avenue north of West 10th Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 920 Baltimore Ave, Kansas City MO 64105, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, 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 territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: New York Life Building (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); New England Building (about 400 feet away); Muse of the Missouri (about 600 feet away); Frankel, Frank & Company Building (about 600 feet away); The Kirk Building (approx. 0.2 miles away); Scarritt Arcade (approx. 0.2 miles away); Camp Union (approx. 0.2 miles away); Exchange Hotel Building (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kansas City.
Also see . . .
1. FFA History. Timeline of key events in the organization's history, beginning with the 1917 Smith-Hughes Act. (Future Farmers of America) (Submitted on July 23, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. No, the Baltimore Hotel was not on this site. Somehow, the bronze historical marker created in 1978 to honor the founding of the Future Farmers of America in Kansas City has mysteriously moved a couple of blocks north of where it used to be. (Charles Ferruzza, >i>The Pitch, May 1, 2014) (Submitted on July 23, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 30, 2024
2. Future Farmers of America Marker
Marker is to the right of the bench. The FFA logo in bas relief is on the left.
Historic Kansas City Foundation via Squeezebox (Public Domain)
3. Hotel Baltimore Postcard
Designed by Kansas City architect Louis Curtiss, the luxury hotel opened in 1899. It closed in 1938 and was demolished two years later.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 23, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 517 times since then and 63 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 23, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
