This 5x6 hundred pound obelisk shaped iron monument was cast in St. Louis, MO, in 1854 and was placed at this location one hundred feet above the road on May 8, 1855 by Charles Manners. The location was determined from astronomical observations . . . — — Map (db m288123) HM
On Highway 7 at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Highway 7.
Welcome to the Glacial Hills, rich with Kansas history and spectacular views of the mighty Missouri River.
It is hard to imagine a time when the land traversed by the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway was once covered by almost 500 feet of ice. . . . — — Map (db m289445) HM
On State Highway 7 near Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
As early as the 1600s, the Kanza (or Kaw) Indians migrated from their home east of the Mississippi River and up the Missouri River into what is now northeastern Kansas. In the 1700s, the Kanza occupied two villages on the west bank of the Missouri: . . . — — Map (db m55930) HM
On State Highway 7 near Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
William Clark recorded in his journal that on this date:
“opposite. is a butifull bottom Plain of about 2000 acres…Covered with wild rye & Potatoes…intermix’d with the grass, we camped…opposite a yellow Clay Cliff.” — — Map (db m55926) HM
This survey monument lies on the 40th parallel north latitude which also is the boundary between the present states of Kansas and Nebraska. In 1803 this area was but a small portion of a large, French-owned region known as Louisiana. That year, . . . — — Map (db m288114) HM
On State Highway 7 near Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
In 1804-06, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led about 40 soldiers and boatmen on an epic journey. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned this "Corps of Discovery" to find a route to the Pacific Ocean through the newly acquired . . . — — Map (db m55928) HM
The present system of Government Land Surveys called "The Rectangular System" was adopted by Congress on the 7th of May, 1785. It has been in use ever since and is the legal method of describing most land.
By this system, all distances and . . . — — Map (db m288118) HM
On State Highway 7 near Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
"The water we drink or the Common water of the missourie at this time, contains a half a Comm Wine Glass of ooze or mud to every pint-"
William Clark
June 21, 1804
The Missouri River of Lewis and Clark's era was wild and unpredictable. It . . . — — Map (db m55929) HM
On Main Street at 1st Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
In White Cloud 25 years ago Wilbur Chapman, a 10 year old boy raised and sold a pig 'Pete' to help support a leper boy. His example started the Pig Bank Movement. 100,000 banks have been distributed to date. 'Feeding' these banks is helping rid . . . — — Map (db m47396) HM
