Journal entry · June 29, 1804
Mouth of Kansas River — John Ordway: June 29, 1804
John Ordway · Mouth of Kansas River · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Mouth of Kansas River
last night, the Captains engaged taking observations &C. a Court
martial1 held &.C. we set out from the Kansas River at half
past 4 O. Clock P.M. proceded on passed a small creek on the
South Side of the Missouris Swift waters one mile & half came
to hills on the South Side, proceded on passed Some Small
Islands, camped on the North Side of Missouris, excelent bottom
land the Rushes are so thick that it is verry troublesome to
walk through them.
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The NPS atlas for this night
left shore near I-639 bridge, MO
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 6.7 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
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Mouth of Kansas River in 360°
10 frames across 1.6 mi of the route around this location
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