Journal entry · September 19, 1806
Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area — John Ordway: September 19, 1806
John Ordway · Missouri River near Boonville area · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Missouri River near Boonville area
procd on Soon passed the mouth of Mine River. Saw a number
of Turkeys but we being anxious to git down do not detain to
hunt, gathered Some pappaws which our party are fond of and
are a kind of fruit which abound in these bottoms and are now
ripe, in the afternoon one of the hunters killed a deer, late in the
evening we arived at the Mouth of Osage River & Camped having
made 84 miles this day.3
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The NPS atlas for this night
junction Missouri and Osage rivers, see 1-2 Jun 1804, MO
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Clark's Hill State Historic Site (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 0.4 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 Boonville area in 360°
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