Encampment at Kaw's Mouth - Kansas City, KS
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N 39° 06.992 W 094° 36.641
15S E 360753 N 4330943
One of a few plaques describing the Louis and Clark expedition.
Waymark Code: WMP9Y0
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 07/26/2015
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The plaque says, "June 26, Tuesday 1804. "passed a bad Sand bar, where our tow rope broke twice, & with great exertions we rowed round it and Came to & Camped in the Point above the Kansas River."
William Clark

This Kansas artist's interpretation of the Discovery Expedition's four-day camp site in June of 1804 depicts 44 men deployed to 1. repair the red perogue, 2. cook, 3. resupply the keelboat, 4. dry the goods, 5. buid a redoubt, 6. set tents, and 7. hunt. 8. Lewis, Clark, York and Lewis's Newfoundland dog Seaman observe from the place where you are now standing. The Missouri River flows from left to right and turns east to St. Louis. The Kaw River flows in from the right."
Marker Name: Encampment at Kaw's Mouth

Marker Type: Other (Please identify in marker text)

Marker text:
June 26, Tuesday 1804. "passed a bad Sand bar, where our tow rope broke twice, & with great exertions we rowed round it and Came to & Camped in the Point above the Kansas River." William Clark This Kansas artist's interpretation of the Discovery Expedition's four-day camp site in June of 1804 depicts 44 men deployed to 1. repair the red perogue, 2. cook, 3. resupply the keelboat, 4. dry the goods, 5. buid a redoubt, 6. set tents, and 7. hunt. 8. Lewis, Clark, York and Lewis's Newfoundland dog Seaman observe from the place where you are now standing. The Missouri River flows from left to right and turns east to St. Louis. The Kaw River flows in from the right.


Marker Location: Wyandotte

Name of agency setting marker: Other (Please identify in marker text)

Year Marker Placed: Not listed

Official Marker Number: Not listed

Marker Web Address: Not listed

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