Historical Markers in White Cloud, Kansas

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Historical Markers in White Cloud, Kansas

1 ► Kansas, Doniphan County, White Cloud — "the water…contains a half…Glass of ooze" —

"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

2 ► Kansas, Doniphan County, White Cloud — Homeland of the Kanza Indians —

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

3 ► Kansas, Doniphan County, White Cloud — July 10, 1804 —

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

4 ► Kansas, Doniphan County, White Cloud — The Lewis and Clark Expedition —

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

5 ► Kansas, Doniphan County, White Cloud — Wilbur Chapman —

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

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