Westport wagon reveals hidden secrets [Video]

FLIGHTS FOR THE FIRST TIME. AN INTERESTING STORY COMING OUT OF THE FAMED WESTPORT WAGON. THE ORIGINAL SET OF COURSE SET THAT IS ON THE CORNER OF 43RD IN WESTPORT ROAD FOR 61 YEARS UNTIL IT WAS REPLACED THIS YEAR. BUT AS KMBC ALAN SHOPE TELLS US, THE OLD ORIGINAL WAGON MIGHT BE OLDER THAN KANSAS CITY ITSELF. THEY WERE MADE IN PENNSYLVANIA. THEY WERE MADE IN VIRGINIA. THEY WERE MADE IN INDEPENDENCE. YEAH. THIS WAS THE WAY FOLKS TRAVELED BACK IN THE MID 1800S AND BEFORE. FROM 1853 UNTIL 1859, ONE OUTFITTING BUSINESS IN WESTPORT FITTED OVER 11,000 WAGONS. AND THAT’S WHY THIS ONE STOOD IN WESTPORT FOR SIX DECADES BEFORE BEING RETIRED TO THE 1855 HARRIS COUNTY HISTORICAL HOUSE MUSEUM. WE THOUGHT HOW BEAUTIFUL IT WOULD BE TO HAVE THIS ON DISPLAY FOR EVERYBODY TO COME TO VISIT THE HOUSE TO SEE SHORTLY AFTER THE WESTPORT WAGON WAS …