The Other Kansas City: How a Missouri memory became an Oregon mainstay
This may have happened to you. You’re driving north on Highway 47 toward Banks, and reach Greenville, where you see a sign “Kansas City, 2 miles.” Maybe you’ve been to another “Kansas City,” like the barbecue capital of the world in Missouri, so you’re intrigued. At that moment, someone in the car alerts you that they “need to go potty,” so like any compassionate driver, you make a quick left and follow the sign to Kansas City, hoping a store or gas station will reveal itself around the next...