Argentine, Kansas
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'''Argentine''' is a [[neighborhood]] of [[Kansas City, Kansas]] located in the southern part of [[Wyandotte County, Kansas]]. It is bordered on the west by the [[Turner, Kansas|Turner]] neighborhood, on the east by the [[Rosedale, Kansas|Rosedale]] neighborhood, on the south by [[Johnson County, Kansas|Johnson County]], and on the north by [[Armourdale, Kansas|Armourdale]] neighborhood and by the [[Kansas River]]. Argentine was primarily recognized for the prosperous silver smeltery for which it was named. Built on the site of a former Shawnee reservation, the proximity of the railroad, local lumber sources, the smeltery, and in later years, steel manufacturing, meant that the city enjoyed a considerable amount of economic success for quite some time. When the smeltery finally closed, the city found itself in the throes of an unprecedented financial crisis and began to seek entry to nearby Kansas City in 1907. Although the community was annexed and became the seventh ward of Kansas City, KS in 1910, the neighborhood retains its own distinct flavor and personality.
Prominent nearby landmarks include [[Argentine Carnegie Library]] (the last [[Carnegie library]] in the [[Kansas City metropolitan area]]), the grave of the Shawnee prophet [[Tensquatawa]] at [[White Feather Spring]], [[Sauer Castle]] at 945 Shawnee Road, and the [[Argentine mural]] located at 30th Street and Metropolitan Avenue.
== External links ==
*[http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/wyandott/argentine/03.htm A Centennial History of Argentine: 1880-1980]
*[http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/a/argentine.html Argentine, KS Entry from 1912 Kansas Cyclopedia]
*[http://www.ku.edu/heritage/for_nancy/wyco/argentine/ Photographs of Area Landmarks]
*[http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/argpage/argmural.htm The Argentine Mural]
*[http://members.cox.net/ksregphotos/Sauer_Castle.html Sauer Castle]
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