Lewis and Clark at the Kansas River -- Kansas City MO
N 39° 06.801 W 094° 35.000
15S E 363112 N 4330548
The western of two adjacent National Park Service interpretive signs along the Riverfront Historic Trail in downtown Kansas City MO.
Waymark Code: WMGPJP
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 03/28/2013
Views: 3
One of a series of National Park Service interpretive signs along the Riverfront Heritage Trail along the Missouri River in downtown Kansas City MO.
The sign reads as follows:
[Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, Mormon Trail, and California Trail symbols]
The Countrey . . . Very fine
LEWIS AND CLARK AT THE KANSAS RIVER
[map and a drawing of a boat used by Lewis & Clark]
Clark's design of a keelboat. Reproductions (as below) were built for bicentennial reenactments of the expedition between 2004-2006.
[inset from the notes made by Lewis and Clark:
June 26, 1804, Heading to the Pacific, West
Camped for three nights at the mouth of the Kansas River
Built a six-foot high redount for (temporary) fortification made of trees and brush
Dried and repaired their equipment
Explored their surrounding area for several miles
September 13, 1806 Returning from the Pacific West
Returned more rapidly in dug-out boats from St Louis
Supposed to rest and gather provisions at the river branch
The chosen leaders climbed the bluff to review the area
Activities listed in their journals of 1804 and 1806
[portraits of Lewis & Clark with their names]
[main text reads as follows:]
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark embarked on their legendary voyage to the Pacific West in May of 1804, traveling up the Missouri River and arriving in this vicinity on June 26. They camped for three nights at Kaw Point, one mile west of here at the mouth of the Kansas River. They also stopped here on their return on September 15, 1806.
...assended a hill which appeared to have a Commanding Situation for a fort, the Shore is bold and rocky immediately at the foot of a hill you have a perfect Command of the river.
--Clark's journal September 15, 1806
Group that erected the marker: National Park Service
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Riverfront Heritage Trail
2nd and Main
Kansas City, MO
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