Huron Indian Cemetery, an Indian burial ground dating from 1843, has been preserved in downtown Kansas City. The University of Kansas Medical Center is also in the city. The National Agricultural Hall of Fame lies just west of the city. Kansas City, the chief industrial center of eastern Kansas, has about 340 manufacturing companies. These firms employ about 40,000 people.
Major industries produce automobiles, fiberglass, and soap.
Kansas City is also an agricultural center of the plains region of the United States. Grain elevators in the city store great quantities of wheat. The University of Kansas Medical Center is the single largest employer in Kansas City. General Motors Corporation ranks second. Several railroad freight lines serve the city.