Journal entry · June 26, 1804
John Ordway: June 26, 1804
John Ordway · Kansas River confluence with Missouri River, Kansas City, Missouri · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Blue Water Creek / Kansas River confluence, Kansas City, Missouri
passed an Island on the South Side back of this Island a large
Creek comes in called Blue water Creek.1 hills & high land along
the River Swift water this afternoon the Rope Broak & the
Boat Swong But Took no Injury, at Sunset we arrived at the
Kanses River,2 our flanking party joined us. we camped on the
fork between the Two Rivers.3 on South Side of the Missouris,
Several nations of Indians up this River
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The NPS atlas for this night
upper junction point of Kansas and Missouri rivers, in KA
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of June 26 to June 28, 1804
About 10.7 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
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
Blue Water Creek / Kansas River confluence, Kansas City, Missouri in 360°
10 frames across 1.6 mi of the route around this location
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