Journal entry · July 3, 1804
Missouri River near Leavenworth area — John Ordway: July 3, 1804
John Ordway · Missouri River near Leavenworth area · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Missouri River near Leavenworth area
a gentle Breese from the South, passed a long Island2 & Several
Small ones we found a white horse on the bank of the river near
whare their was an old Trading house built by a French merchant
from S* Louis to Trade with the Kansas Indians. The land is
Good high bottom pine Timber & black wallnut honey locas oak
&C. &C. I saw waat they call bucks Eye with the nuts on them
we passed a high prarie oposite to the Trading house & camped at
a point on the South Side of the Missouris
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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore, 1 mi W Bean Lake Creek, in KA
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 10.6 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Lewis and Clark State Park (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 3.2 mi
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
Terrain360 · the place today
Missouri River near Leavenworth area in 360°
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