The Lewis and Clark Expedition - Union Station - Kansas City, MO
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 39° 05.055 W 094° 35.090
15S E 362925 N 4327321
A glimpse of our history in the Amtrak waiting room.
Waymark Code: WMM0W3
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member A & W
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County of marker: Jackson County
Location of marker: 30 W. Pershing Rd., union Station, Amtrak waiting room, Kansas City
Marker erected by: Lewis and Clark National Trail Foundation

Marker text:
IN 1804-06, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led about 40 soldiers and boatmen on an epic journey. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned this "Corps of Discovery" to find a route to the Pacific Ocean through he newly acquired Louisiana territory. Along the way, they mapped the land, recorded its resources, and contacted its native inhabitants.

The landscape has changes since Lewis and Clark explored it; rivers have been damned, forests cut over, prairies plowed under, and roads built to the horizon. Although remnants of the wilderness still exist, imagine this land as Lewis and Clark first saw it two centuries ago

The United States purchased the Louisiana territory -- more than 830,000 square miles -- from France in 1803. President Jefferson selected Meriwether Lewis (far left)to lead an expedition there.

Withe Jefferson's permission, Lewis asked his friend and former commanding officer, William Clark (left), to be co-leader. Although opposite in temperament, they worked harmoniously throughout the two year journey

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Spend half a day or more right inside the NEW Union Station.

Date Waymark Created: 01/01/2000

Do they allow dogs at this location?: No

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