Riverside City History
Early 20th Century

Riverside swaggered into the 2oth century with "Boss" Tom Pendergast's Riverside Park horse track and the completion of the Interurban railroad, an electric train that ran from KC to St. Jo and was capable of speeds greater than 70 mph.

As far back as 1918 the community —not incorporated as a city until 1951— made plans to address frequent flooding through the formation of the Quindaro Bend Drainage District. And it was a good thing because there were floods along the Missouri in 1925, 1927, 1944, and 1951.

The Quindaro Levee District was re-formed in 1970 to pursue construction of a comprehensive Riverside Quindaro Levee. The Great Flood of 1993 made the project even more urgent and the new 87+ million dollar levee was completed in 2005, providing Riverside with state-of-the art flood protection.

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