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A local chapter of the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc. August 2006

Lewis and Clark in Films

Be cool on Sunday afternoons inAugust at our “Lewis and Clark

in Films” series taking place onAugust 20 and 27.

Attendees will enjoy free films andcommentary. Programs begin at 1:30p.m. in the Film Vault at the CentralLibrary in downtown Kansas City,Mo., 10th & Baltimore. The films areco-sponsored by the Missouri ValleySpecial Collections.

On August 20, attendees will enjoytwo films: “Lewis and Clark: GreatJourney West,” an IMAX film byNational Geographic and narrated byJeff Bridges; plus “Lewis and ClarkCorps of Discovery in Missouri” pro-duced by Missouri Department ofConservation. Comments will be pro-

Don’t miss these upcoming programs!vided by Dr. Pete Cuppage, a chaperboard member.

On August 27, attendees will view“Lewis and Clark: Confluence of Timeand Courage,” a film by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers; and “Lewisand Clark Journals Nightly KansasCity Area Programs, June 23-July 18,2004,” a video produced by membersof our chapter. There also will be apresentation by Jim Mordy, a con-tributor to the new book, “The Lifeand Times of Nathaniel Hale Pryor.”

“Journals Nightly”

To commemorate the 200thanniversary of Lewis and

Clark’s return from the West inSeptember 1806, our chapter willpresent “Journals Nightly,” a series oflive readings from the expeditionjournals on September 11-15. Thereadings will take place beside theMissouri River at sites along the trailnear the 1806 campsites of the expe-dition. The programs will include aninterpretation of the journal entries,relating the context of 200 years agowith the present and perspectives ofthe future, and will be presented by

Website: www.moksriverbend.org

Board of DirectorsChairmanDan SturdevantKansas City Missouri(816) 421-4783dan@sturdevantlawoffice.com

Vice ChairmanSteve KaubBlue Springs, Missouri(816) 229-6211skaub@sbcglobal.net

SecretaryKay SchaeferKansas City, Missouri(816) 436-5125tchrkay@sbcglobal.net

TreasurerSteve BlackKansas City, Missouri(816) 436-0656sandkblack@att.net

Past ChairmanJackie LewinSt. Joseph, Missouri(816) 232-8471jlewin@magiccablepc.com

Kyle CarrollMaysville, Missouri(816) 449-5452kylec@centurytel.net

Pete Cuppage, M.D.Shawnee, Kansas(913) 631-3055pgcuppage@aol.com

Gordon KempfKansas City, Missouri(816) 453-6842t-gkempf@sbcglobal.net

Ross MarshallMerriam, Kansas(913) 262-6445rossmarshall@mindspring.com

Jennifer ScottMerriam, Kansas(913) 384-2635jennifer.scott@kcmetro.edu

Pat TraffisOverland Park, Kansas(913) 402-8176henwing@aol.com

Missouri-Kansas River Bend Chapter13A NW Barry Road, PMB DD

Kansas City MO 64155www.moksriverbend.org

Our Mission:The Missouri-Kansas River Bend Chapter supportsthe Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation atthe local level through events, activities, pro-grams, promotion and protection of the Lewis &Clark National Historic Trail. In addition, the localchapter encourages local interest in the expedi-tion and related historic sites.

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A note from our Chairman:

L et’s actively support theseSeptember 2006 events! Those of

you who may not regularly attend or arerelatively new, we hope to be a friendlygroup of Lewis and Clark-inspired stu-dents and you will enjoy your atten-dance to one or more of these events. Infact, please set aside Monday,September 11 at 6 pm, TuesdaySeptember 12 at 6 pm, WednesdaySeptember 13 at 6pm, ThursdaySeptember 14 at 6pm (and also 3 pmand also 10:30 pm) and FridaySeptember 15 at noon and then you cansay you made it to all the Kansas City-St.Joseph area Bicentennial 2006 Lewisand Clark Journals Nightly programs!

Please know that the chapter contin-ues in January 2007 with our annualdinner (likely at Cascone’s again.)

Your obedient servant,Dan Sturdevant, Chair

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Communities in theKansas City area

are commemorating the200th anniversary of thereturn of the Lewis andClark expedition withevents in September.Some of these eventsinclude the following:

St. Joseph, Mo.From mid-August to

the end of September,The St. Joseph Museums,Inc., 3406 FrederickAve., is reshowing“Botanical Wonders ofthe Uncharted West:Flora of the Lewis andClark Expedition.” Itconsists of 50 paintingswith interpretation fromthe journals. AdditionalLewis and Clark exhibitsare on display at themuseum. For more infor-mation, contact JackieLewin at jlewin@magic-cablepc.com.

Atchison, Ks.On September 12-13,

reenactors with theDiscovery Expedition ofSt. Charles, Mo., will beencamped on Atchison’sriverfront. On September15-17, Atchison will host“Legends and Legacies,” afamily festival with activi-ties in Riverfront Parkand at the IndependenceCreek Lewis and ClarkHistoric Site. Highlightswill include the NationalPark Service’s Corps IItraveling exhibit, livinghistory reenactors,demonstrations and foodvendors on the riverfront,old-time entertainment,

mountainman rendezvousand dedication of a Kanzaearth lodge dwellingreplica at IndependenceCreek, Elks barbecuecookoff, fireworks displayover the Missouri Riverand an All Faiths churchservice. For more infor-mation: www.atchison-kansas.net.

Leavenworth, Ks.On September 13,

Leavenworth will wel-come the DiscoveryExpedition of St. Charles,which will be encampeduntil the morning ofSeptember 15. The city’sannual RiverFest event onSeptember 14-17 willinclude Lewis and Clarkreenactors, exhibits, foodvendors in LeavenworthLanding Park and fire-works over the MissouriRiver. Highlights includea dedication ceremony ofNative American flags,reenactment of the collec-tion of the raccoon grape-leaf plant, the last plant

specimen collected on theexpedition, readings fromthe journals, eveningmusical entertainment,and singing “in the great-est harmony” late into theevening as recorded inthe journals onSeptember 14, 1806.

Kansas City, Ks.On September 15-17,

Kansas City will host“Shall We Gather at theRiver: The WyandotteCounty Lewis & ClarkBicentennial and EthnicFestival” at Lewis andClark Historic Park atKaw Point. Highlights ofthe event will be music,food and entertainmentfrom various groups, akid's zone with children’sentertainment and activi-ties, a spectacular fire-works display and a visitfrom the DiscoveryExpedition of St. Charles.For more information:www.lewisandclarkwyco.org.

Kansas City area to welcome return ofLewis and Clark with September events

On their return voy-age to St. Louis,

the reenactors ofDiscovery Expedition ofSt. Charles, Mo., arescheduled to make thefollowing stops:• September 12-13

Atchison, KS• September 14

Leavenworth, KS• September 15

Kansas City, KS

• September 16Kansas City, MO

• September 17Fort Osage, Waverly,Lexington and Lupus

Our chapter will feedexpedition members at6:00 p.m. on September15 at Kaw Point.

For more informationabout DiscoveryExpedition, visitwww.lewisandclark.net.

Discovery Expedition of St. Charles Schedules Stops

area historians. Each pro-gram begins at 6:00 p.m.(except for the noon pro-gram on September 15 indowntown Kansas City,Mo.) and lasts about 40minutes. Attendeesshould bring chairs orblankets.

The schedule:September 11 -

Nodaway Island RiverAccess Area, Amazonia, Mo.“The Pawpaws Nearly Ripe”

Directions: Go north fromSt. Joseph on U.S. 59 (alsoknown as K Highway) toAmazonia, Missouri. Go left onCounty T at Amazonia. FollowCounty T to sign for NodawayIsland River Access Area.

September 12 - River-front Park, St. Joseph, Mo.“Met Mr. McClellin at theSt. Mich. Prairie”

Directions: Park is at thewest end of Francis Street.

September 13 -Jentell Brees ConservationArea, St. Joseph, Mo.“I Drank and found GreatRelief”

Directions: Go south from St.Joseph on Mo. 759 (StockyardsExpressway) to County U(Alabama Street). Go west andsouth on County U for 5.5 milesto Contrary Creek Road. Weston Contrary Creek Road for 1.2miles to site.

September 14 -Landing Park,Leavenworth, KS “Sung Songs in GreatestHarmony”

Two additional pro-grams will be a tour ofFort LeavenworthMuseum at 3:00 p.m. withDirector Steve Alley and“Singing in GreatestHarmony” from 10:30p.m. to 11 p.m. in

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Leavenworth LandingPark.” Sheet music andlights available for“singing in the greatestharmony.”

September 15 - CasePark, 8th & Jefferson,Kansas City, Mo.

11:50 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.“Capt. Lewis and my Selfassended a hill – a PerfectCommand of the River”

Speakers: JonathanKemper (“This Statue andHistorical Perspectives”),Dr. William Worley (asWilliam Clark, “I Will NotFree You, York”), ShirleyChristian (“Lewis andClark and theChouteaus”).

Program will start at11:45 a.m. at Case ParkOverlook at 8th andJefferson, with the noonascent of re-enactors tothe excellent overlook andhistorical perspectives to12:30 p.m.

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Trio to PresentConcert atKaw Point

The music trio ofDon Lipovac, accor-

dion; Dan Sturdevant,keyboards and vocal; andBob Scagliotti, bassist,will present “Full MoonRising III,” a live musicconcert at Lewis andClark Historic Park atKaw Point at 7:30 p.m. onSeptember 8.

The park is at OneFairfax Trafficway indowntown Kansas City,Ks.

The location is on theriverbank near the con-fluence of the Missouriand Kansas rivers. Fromthe upper parking level,take the lower walkingpath on the north bank ofthe Kansas River out tothe point between theRivers.

For more information,contact Dan Sturdevantat (816) 421-4783.

Welcome NewMembers:

Our chapter ispleased to welcome

the following new mem-bers to our organization: • John P. Jones

Independence, MO• Susan E. Taylor

Kansas City, KS• Susan Jepson May

& Mary MayPrairie Village, KS

• Allen & Carol SalesStanley, KS

OurCondolences

We are sad toreport the recent

death, from cancer, ofchapter memberCatharine Gardner. Weextend our condolencesto her friend Annie Reedwho joined Catharine asan enthusiastic supporterof Lewis and Clark pro-grams over the past sev-eral years.

KC DesignatesLewis andClark Point

Upon presentationby Pete Cuppage,

Ross Marshall and DanSturdevant, the KansasCity Parks and Recreationboard unanimously votedto rename the circle areaof the overlook at 8th andJefferson streets in down-town Kansas City, Mo., as“Lewis and Clark Point.”The point overlooks KawPoint, the confluence ofthe Missouri and Kansasrivers where Lewis andClark camped in June1804, and contains animpressive statue repre-sentative of the expedi-tion erected by JonathanKemper in April 2000.

Lewis and Clarkclimbed the hill at thislocation on Sept. 15, 1806(note in this newsletterthe commemorative pro-gram to be held at noonon Sept. 15, 2006).

www.moksriverbend.org

by Ross Marshall

Approximately thirtymembers and

guests participated in ourbus tour on Saturday,April 8. Our first stop wasat Big Lake State Park innorthwest Missouri, siteof Lewis and Clark’scampsite of September10, 1806.

On the way up, wereviewed issues surround-ing the LouisianaPurchase, preparationsthat Lewis and Clarkmade for the journey, andread journal excerpts cov-ering the expedition asthey journeyed from KawPoint to the Nebraskaborder in late June andearly July, 1804.

Our next stop was atNodaway Island, a beauti-ful riverside setting nearthe campsites of July 8,1804 and Sept. 11, 1806.

A wonderful lunchwas enjoyed at Ryan’sBuffet in St. Joseph.

We traveled throughhistoric St. Joseph toWyeth Hill, a high parkthat overlooks theMissouri River and itsoriginal wide loop to thewest has been straight-ened, but would havebeen the location of theexpedition’s campsite ofJuly 7, 1804 .

A short downhill drivetook us to Riverside Park,the principal ferry loca-tion for emigrants travel-ing the Oregon andCalifornia trails in the1840s and 1850s. It alsowas near the expedition’scampsite of September12, 1806, which they cor-rectly called St. Michael’sPrairie.

King Hill Overlookwas our next stop. It wasanother terrific view ofthe river bottom and St.Michael’s Prairie area.

We then descendedKing Hill and traveledabout five miles south-west of St. Joseph toanother riverside settingcalled ‘Jentill Brees,’which is near the expedi-tion’s campsite of July 6,1804. On the morning ofJuly 6, 1804, Sgt. Floydwrote “Set out prossed[proceeded] under aJentell Brees from theSouth west the waterwase So strong that wecould Hardly Steem it.”

“We proceeded on” asthe journals often said,and went south toLeavenworth. Just underCentennial Bridge is theapproximate campsite ofboth July 1, 1804 and

September 14, 1806.They camped on the“Isles des Parques” orField Islands.

Earlier in the day ofSeptember 14, the expedi-tion met boats of trapperscoming upriver and wereable to obtain whiskey,something they had nothad for more than a year.

Clark recorded that they“Sung Songs untill11oClock at night in thegreatest harmoney”

Our group returned todowntown Kansas City,having experienced a lit-tle of what the Lewis andClark expedition wit-nessed in both 1804 and1806.

Chapter members enjoy April bus tour

Tour guide Ross Marshall (on left) and participants on theApril bus tour of the Lewis and Clark Trail pose for a photobeside interpretive signs in Leavenworth.

National FoundationMeeting

The Lewis and ClarkTrail Heritage

Foundation will hold its38th annual meeting onSept. 18-19 in St. Louis.

The theme of the meet-ing is “Untold Stories:Endurance, Discovery,Achievement.” Attendeeswill travel the Lewis andClark National HistoricTrail, visit historic sitesassociated with the expe-dition, and experienceeducational and enter-taining reenactments,programs and perform-ances. In addition, mem-bers share their experi-ences and renew friend-ships with fellow expedi-

tion history enthusiasts.For more information:

www.lewisandclark.org.

Final Signature Eventof the Lewis and ClarkBicentennial

The final SignatureEvent of the Lewis

and Clark Bicentennialwill be Sept. 20-24 on theSt. Louis riverfront.

The event begins with atwo-day symposium fol-lowed by a weekend ofactivities. The weekend,which kicks off with a his-toric opening ceremonyon the Riverfront, will behighlighted by tours toLewis and Clark historicsites, a multitude of edu-cational exhibits and

activities providing funfor all ages, and thought-provoking presentationsby American Indiantribes, environmentalists,scholars and educators.

The event will com-mence with an evening oflively entertainment,including comedians andmusical acts and a reflec-tive closing ceremony,which will provide transi-tion into the next 200years. In addition to thesignature event, commu-nities in both Missouriand Illinois are planningcommemorative activitiesthroughout the region.

For more informa-tion: www.cur-rentsofchange.org.

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