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Smith's Landing
Thomas Smith, a private with Callaway's Rangers, founded a
small town along the Missouri River in 1818. The town, dubbed
Smith's Landing, was based around steamboat commerce. In
addition to goods being . . . — — Map (db m252810) HM
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Early in 1870, Judge Levi Parsons, head of the Union Pacific
Southern Branch, called a meeting. He announced his
plans to be the first railroad to reach the Indian Territory
bordering Kansas. The “Missouri River, . . . — — Map (db m252799) HM
The distance from Mokane to Portland is 9.1 miles.
This segment of Katy Trail State Park has several outstanding
sights, including an impressive railroad bridge, close-up views of
the Missouri River and the geologic oddity of Standing Rock.
. . . — — Map (db m252797) HM
The 6.2 miles from Mokane to Tebbetts have
changed little since the early days of the Katy Railroad.
Like Tebbetts and many other towns along the trail,
Mokane was established as a railroad town. Its name
comes from this line's builder, the . . . — — Map (db m252735) HM
Standing Rock looks like an isolated boulder that fell from above, but it is actually a remnant of the bluff that has resisted erosion. The rock is a fine-grained sandstone that may have formed when sand filled in a sinkhole or joint within . . . — — Map (db m272493) HM
