Thursday, May 20, 2021
*About September 14, 1806, on the return trip, Meriwether Lewis collected his final botanical specimen near the confluence of Three-Mile Creek and the Missouri River.*
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Kent at Wayne's Point at the confluence of
Three-Mile Creek and the Missouri River |
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| Three-Mile Creek on the right enters the Missouri River |
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| Leavenworth Landing at Leavenworth, KS |
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| Kent knows about Brat Life; this banner is in relation to Fort Leavenworth |
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Fort Leavenworth, KS; we were disappointed to be told that
the Frontier Army Museum was closed when we checked
into the Fort Leavenworth Visitor Control Center, and
doubly disappointed when we later contacted the
museum and learned they had been open! |
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United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
(est 1895 at the fort prison, this building 1903) |
*On 7/4/1804, the Corps of Discovery celebrated the first Independence Day in the West by firing the swivel cannon and giving members an extra gill of Whiskey. William Clark named two creeks they passed: July 4, 1804 Creek and Independence Creek.* |
| Atchison, KS: Lewis & Clark Historical Marker |
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| Lewis & Clark Historical Marker back side |
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| July 4, 1804 Creek is now White Clay Creek |
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Santa Fe Depot (1880) is home of the Atchison County
Historical Society and was supposed to have a
commemorative sculpture of Lewis & Clark |
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe/AT&SF Locomotive
Class 789 Consolidation (2-8-0) #811 (1901) KSS |
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Philadelphus lewisii 'Cheyenne'/a cultivar
of Mock Orange "discovered" by Lewis & Clark |
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Juniperis horizontalis/Creeping Juniper, another
plant "discovered" by Lewis & Clark |
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Linum lewisii/Lewis's Prairie or Blue Flax: yep!
"discovered" by Lewis & Clark! |
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Here is the commemorative sculpture,
a miniature version of the Corps of Discovery
at Clark's Point in Kansas City, MO |
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| ... with York and Seaman on the back side |
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Examples of flora and fauna sent back
by the Corps of Discovery |
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| Example of what Meriwether Lewis would have packed |
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| Facsimiles of the journals of Meriwether Lewis (KSS) |
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| Atchison County Veterans Memorial Park features ... |
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... a section of the aft deckhouse of the battleship USS Arizona
that sank during the 12/7/1941 Pearl Harbor attack |
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| Kent is able to touch the section of the USS Arizona |
*On 7/4/1804, Meriwether Lewis described a mound rising above the Missouri River.* |
| Lewis & Clark Pavilion in Riverfront Park |
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| "Eternal Flame" at the Lewis & Clark Pavilion |
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| Atchison, KS: Lewis & Clark Historical Marker |
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| The mound rising above the Missouri River described by Lewis |
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| Amelia's view of the Missouri River |
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| A stone barn north of Atchison, KS |
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| Independence Creek Historic Site |
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Independence Creek as named by William Clark,
is still Independence Creek |
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| Kansa Earth Lodge at Independence Creek |
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| Earth lodge interior (KSS) |
*Also on 7/4/1804, the Corps of Discovery passed a lake covered with geese with their goslings, and named it Gosling Lake.*~On 5/23/1999, Ada & Bert S stopped at Lewis & Clark State Park south of St Joseph, MO.~ |
| 1999: Lewis & Clark State Park in Missouri |
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No goslings today on the oxbow lake that was called
Sugar Lake, but now named Lewis and Clark Lake
in Lewis and Clark State Park in MO |
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Lewis and Clark Park Memorial that has inscribed
the names of the members of the Corps of Discovery |
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St Joseph, MO: Body & Soul (2008, by
Herb Mignery) of of Coleman Randolph
"Hawk" Hawkins, jazz saxophonist |
*On 7/7/1804, the Lewis & Clark documented the flora and fauna of an area called St Michael's Prairie.*
*On 9/12/1806, on the return trip, the Corps of Discovery camped at St Michael's Prairie. |
Hyeth Huston Park in St Joseph, MO: overlook of the
Missouri River with an oxbow lake beyond |
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An interpretive panel shows the twists and
turns of the Missouri River in 1804, which
are now all included in the widened river of
today, meaning the camp location is underwater
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Next: MO Kansas.
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