Downtown Kansas City in Jackson County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Moving Indians, Trappers & Traders

Photographed by Jason Voigt, May 25, 2022

1. Moving Indians, Trappers & Traders Marker

Inscription. For centuries, native people paddled their dugout canoes on the dark currents of the muddy Missouri. In the early 1800s, French trappers and traders, such as Francois Chouteau, ventured upriver to exploit the abundant wildlife: beaver, river otter, mink, muskrat, raccoon, fox, bison and deer.

Accounts tell of a large rock that may have served as a canoe landing and campsite along what is now Kansas City.

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· Native people floated their furs in bull boats, made from bison hides.

· Traders poled or pulled their keel boats and flat boats upriver to exchange cargo with native people.

Erected by Missouri Conservation Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Indigenous Peoples and Communities.

Location. 39° 7.085′ N, 94° 34.32′ W. Marker is in Kansas City, Missouri, in Jackson County. It is in Downtown Kansas City. It can be reached from Riverfront Trail. Marker is located on the trail, at Berkley Riverfront. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1298 Riverfront Trail, Kansas City MO 64120, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Moving Settlers West (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Moving Water

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(about 700 feet away); Moving Hearts & Minds (approx. 0.2 miles away); Garrison Field House (approx. half a mile away); Holy Rosary's Bell Tower Cross (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Lewis and Clark Expedition Across Missouri (approx. ¾ mile away); Building Through the Bluffs (approx. ¾ mile away); Gilliss House Hotel (approx. ¾ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kansas City.

Photographed by Jason Voigt, May 25, 2022

2. Moving Indians, Trappers & Traders Marker

Marker is located at Riverfront Trail, at Berkley Riverfront

Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2022, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 246 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 17, 2022, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.