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SUMMARY:Cockefair Course: The Rise and Fall of Kansas City’s Pendergast Ma
 chine
LOCATION:Ewing Kauffman Conference Center\, 4801 Rockhill Road\, Kansas Ci
 ty\, MO 64110
DESCRIPTION:The Rise and Fall of Kansas City’s Pendergast Machine\n\nWhen 
 most of the country was decimated by the Great Depression\, Kansas City t
 hrived under the Pendergast Machine. The history and culture of that time
  is showcased across the city from museums in the 18th and Vine District 
 to contemporary restaurants and bars. But a romanticized view of the era 
 ignores the real history of the Pendergast Machine\, which stopped at not
 hing to gain political control and ruled with an iron fist\, as crime and
  vice were tolerated and organized crime and the police were often one an
 d the same. We will explore the early 20th century political machine cont
 rolled by James and Tom Pendergast\, two of Kansas City history’s most in
 fluential figures. From a neighborhood saloon\, the Pendergasts grew thei
 r influence in the city’s politics into an organization controlling almos
 t every aspect of city and county government and even extending its reach
  to Jefferson City and Washington. We will trace the rise of the machine\
 , the consolidation of its power\, and the events that brought down Tom P
 endergast and his organization in 1939.\n\nhttp://next-to-u.app/events/a7
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