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The Gateway to Kansas KS115 |
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Where the Kaw river joins the mighty Missouri in its sweep eastward, has witnessed many events of historical significance to this area, among them: .1804-Lewis and Clark, on their exploring trip assaying the new Louisiana Purchase, camped three days 4 blocks east. .1809-Louis Bertholet built a cabin three blocks south - first white settler. .1843-The Wyandotte Indians came from Ohio and purchased land from the Delaware tribe. The Wyandottes established a ferry on the Kaw three blocks east; their council house, school, and jail one block northeast; and Huron Indian cemetery two blocks west. .1855-First courthouse and post office three blocks northeast. .1859-Wyandotte Constitutional Convention drafted the Kansas State Constitution in session at Lipman's Hall, five blocks northeast. Minnesota Avenue, Wyandotte County Minnesota Avenue and Fifth Street, Kansas City river, and the Upper Crossing, near Chouteau's Island in Kearny County, was recommended because of the shorter distance between the rivers. But despite the danger, the Middle Crossing-various points in the Cimarron-Ingalls area was used the most. Usually waterless and subject to Indian attacks, the 60 miles of trackless prairie between the Arkansas and Cimarron rivers was called by the Mexicans, Jornada del Muerte, or Journey of Death.
City Park in Cimarron, Gray County Kansas
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