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A local chapter of the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc. March 2007
Dr. Gary Moulton will be thekeynote speaker at a Lewis
and Clark regionalmeeting and pro-gram on Saturday,April 21 at theMissouriDepartment ofConservationDiscovery Center,4750 Troost,Kansas City, Mo.The meeting isfrom 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
“We hope to have at least 100people from around the Midwest,especially the Lewis and Clark chap-ters in Missouri and Nebraska, andeven people from all over the coun-try,” said Jennifer Scott, chaptermeeting chairman. “We also invitethe public to attend. We urge mem-bers to bring friends and family. Ofcourse, anyone can come for a por-tion of the day. It will be a great day,especially with the appearance byDr. Moulton.”
The cost to attend is $15 for reg-istration and materials. Registrationand socializing around the DiscoveryCenter’s keelboat replica is from9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Beginning at 10:00 a.m. in theauditorium will be presentations byKaren Seaberg, Foundation presi-dent-elect; Gordon Julich, formerFoundation president; and WendyRaney, Foundation director of fieldoperations. Representatives fromvarious chapters also will make pre-sentations. Lunch will be catered inthe Lewis and Clark Room. Lunch isoptional, but costs $12 and reserva-
Dr. Moulton to be keynote speakertions are required by April 16.
At 1:00 p.m., Dr. Moulton willpresent the keynote lecture, which isfree and open to the public. A book-signing reception for Dr. Moultonwill follow in the foyer with music bythe period band Shortleaf.
At 2:45 p.m., will be a presenta-tion by Jane Randol Jackson andDoug Eiken from the Missouri Lewisand Clark Roundtable (successor tothe Missouri Lewis and ClarkBicentennial Commission).
At 3:15 p.m., attendees are invit-ed to join a driving tour to 8th andJefferson, Lewis and Clark Point andconfluence of the Missouri andKansas Rivers,Lewis and ClarkHistoric Park atKaw point, OneFairfax Drive.
An optionaldinner gatheringwill be held at5:30 p.m. at TheSavoy, 9th andCentral, Kansas City, Mo.
A registration form is at:www.moksriverbend.org or contactJennifer Scott at (913) 832-9920.
Website: www.moksriverbend.org
Board of DirectorsChairmanDan SturdevantKansas City Missouri(816) [email protected]
Vice ChairmanSteve KaubBlue Springs, Missouri(816) [email protected]
SecretaryKay SchaeferKansas City, Missouri(816) [email protected]
TreasurerSteve BlackKansas City, Missouri(816) [email protected]
Past ChairmanJackie LewinSt. Joseph, Missouri(816) [email protected]
Kyle CarrollMaysville, Missouri(816) [email protected]
Pete Cuppage, M.D.Shawnee, Kansas(913) [email protected]
Gordon KempfKansas City, Missouri(816) [email protected]
Ross MarshallMerriam, Kansas(913) [email protected]
Jennifer ScottMerriam, Kansas(913) [email protected]
Pat TraffisOverland Park, Kansas(913) [email protected]
NEW ADDRESS:Missouri-Kansas River Bend Chapter
1220 Washington, #301Kansas City MO 64105
www.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.
Dr. Gary Moulton
Wendy Raney
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This summer, theMissouri-Kansas
Riverbend Chapter onceagain will offer a guidedmotorcoach tour of Lewisand Clark Trail sites.Organized and guided byhistorian Ross Marshall,the tour will visit trailsites to the east of KansasCity.
As in the past, thetour departs from 7th andPennsylvania in down-town Kansas City, Mo., at8:30 am and returns at5:00 pm. Parking is free.
This will be the last inour series of motorcoachtours covering the entireLewis and Clark expedi-tion route in westernMissouri and northeastKansas. This tour willcover approximately aweek of the 1804 expedi-tion from June 19-26.
We will journey alongHighway 210 and thenorth side of the MissouriRiver, making stops at
Randolph, La BenitePark, Liberty Bend,Missouri City and CooleyLake Park.
We will stop atRichmond and the won-derful Ray CountyCourthouse, then acrossthe river to Lexington.
In Lexington, we willvisit the LexingtonMuseum, have lunch (onour own) along the his-toric Main Street, fol-lowed by a walking andbus tour of historicLexington, led by localhistorian Roger Slusher.
We will continue thejourney along theMissouri River, stoppingat Napoleon Landing andending at Fort Osagewith a tour of the newEducation/ Visitor Centerthat overlooks the river.
If it is not yet official-ly open, we will get aguided tour anyway, led
by our own GordonJulich, immediate past-president of the nationalLewis and Clark TrailHeritage Foundation.
As we drive along, wewill have readings fromthe journals, discussionof early Missouri historyand many views of theMissouri River.
Cost is $35, whichincludes the usual mapsand information hand-outs plus admission toboth the museum andvisitor center.
For reservations, con-tact Ross Marshall, tourguide, at 913-262-6445 [email protected].
Make checks payableto River Bend Chapterand mail to RossMarshall, 6624 CraigRoad, Merriam, KS66202.
“A Week with Lewis and Clark”Chapter to Offer Guided Motorcoach Tour to Lewis and Clark Trail Sites
Fort Osagebuilding toopen soon
The grand openingof the Fort Osage
Educational Center atFort Osage Historic Sitewill take place this sum-mer. Part of the centerwill open to the publicMemorial Day weekend.
Director GordonJulich says, “After severalyears of funding effortand working throughconstruction, this isgoing to be a great day.We invite everyone tocome to Fort Osage tocelebrate and enjoy thenew exhibits.”
Fort Osage, located inSibley, Mo., is a recon-struction of the fort origi-nally built in 1808 underthe direction of WilliamClark.
Update youraddress book
The chapter has anew address. Please
use this address: 1220Washington, #301,Kansas City, MO 64105.
The Lewis and Clark Trail Motorcoach Tour will featureexcellent view of the “Mighty Mo.”
The graceful courthouse inLexington, Missouri.
The Fort Osage EducationCenter nears completion.
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River Bend Chapter Membership Application
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(Make check payable to Missouri-Kansas River Bend Chapter)
Bicentennial 2006Journals Nightly
programs a big hit, just asthe similar Bicentennial2004 Journals Nightlyprograms. The programson the riverbank, besidethe Missouri River were afine concept and wellreceived. LornaHainsworth, a member ofthe Philadelphia Chaptersaid to my knowledge
these are unique upon thetrail. Dan SturdevantChapter President saidwe felt like this is theright formula, it was anexcellent program, I did-n't see anything like italong the trail. Further,I'm a little disappointedthat we couldn't get thisformat out to the otherchapters to utilize it, butmaybe our personnel issuperior in making suchpresentations.
“Journals Nightly” programs were uniqueWelcome NewMembers:
Our chapter ispleased to welcome
the following new mem-bers to our organization: • Boy Scout Troop #393
Leader Milo RansopherMerriam, KS
• Bill BurtonPrairie Village, KS
• Jane P. ComptonPrairie Village, KS
• Christina FaucettRaytown, MO
• Hal FunkSpringfield, MO
• Lorna HainesworthRandallstown, MD
• Gary & Louise HicksOverland Park, KS
• Larry & Karen SandridgeGladstone, MO
Stay informed aboutour programs andactivities and see
recent photographs atour chapter website:
www.moksriver-bend.org.
www.moksriverbend.org
Jackie Lewin displays a pawpaw and pawpaw leaves dur-ing her “Journals Nightly” presentation on September 11,2006 at Amazonia on the Missouri River.
Steve Kaub hugs hisNewfoundland Maximus atthe September 11, 2006,program in St. Joseph, Mo.
Ross Marshall speaking atthe Kansas City, Mo., pro-gram at noon on September15, 2006.
The Lewis and Clarkexpedition passed
through the Kansas Cityarea in June 1804 andSeptember 1806.
Our chapter boardvoted to establish a pro-gram to be held annuallyon two dates that com-memorate the expedi-tion’s upriver and down-river journeys.
To represent theupriver trip, a programwill be held at 6 p.m. onJune 26 each year atLewis and Clark HistoricPark at Kaw Point indowntown Kansas City,
Kans.To represent the
downriver trip, a pro-gram will be held at noonon September 15 eachyear at Lewis and ClarkPoint, 8th and Jeffersonin downtown KansasCity, Mo.
All chapter membersare encouraged to writethese dates on your cal-endar and make plans toattend these commemo-rative programs thisyear and each year inthe foreseeable future.
Board establishes annual programs on June 26 and September 15
Annual Commemoration SitesAfull-sized replica of
a Kanza earthlodge dwelling has beencompleted in the vicinitywhere a large Kanza vil-lage once stood nearAtchison, Ks.
The replica is a recre-ation of the dwellings theKanza built in northeastKansas from the mid1600s to the late 1700s. Alarge uninhabited Kanzavillage was recorded inthe journals of Lewis andClark when they campednear Independence Creekon July 4, 1804.
The replica was builtby volunteers for theAtchison CountyHistorical Society in col-
laboration with the KawNation using a grant fromthe National Park Service.
Construction of thereplica required countlessmonths of work by localvolunteers. It will be thelocation of summerenrichment classes andfamily educational andimmersion programssponsored by theAtchison CountyHistorical Society.
The lodge is part of alarger interpretive areathat includes a trail andone of 15 geodetic mark-ers placed by the NOAANational Geodetic Surveyduring the Lewis andClark Bicentennial.
The lodge was dedicated on September 17, 2006.
Atchison dedicates Kanza lodge
A view from Kaw Pointlooking to Kansas City, Mo.
Missouri-Kansas Riverbend ChapterLewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation1220 Washington, #301Kansas City MO 64105
A view from Kansas City,Mo., looking to Kaw Point.