Journal entry · June 27, 1804
Mouth of Kansas River — John Ordway: June 27, 1804
John Ordway · Mouth of Kansas River · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Mouth of Kansas River
cutting the Timber off a cross the point & made a Hadge a cross
of the Timber & bushes to answer as defence & made room
for Capte to take obser The black pearogue unloaded & Turned
up to mend &C. The Captains were Taking4 observations &.C.
peter Crusat killed a Deer. The Kansas River is 230 y6* wide at
the Mouth & red further up a high bank 1 mile up, fine place
for a fort &C.
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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
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
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Mouth of Kansas River in 360°
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