Press
Release Task Force Recipient of
Distinguished Public Service Award - December 15, 2005 (PDF)
Press
Release "Members of Taskforce meet with Governor Sebelius" -
August 9, 2005 (PDF)
Demands
of Lewis & Clark's journey haven't lessened - Kansas
City Star, May 2, 2005
Community
Faces - Kaw Point Lewis and Clark - Photo features by
Linda Hanley and Fran Mattox, Kansas City Star, May 2, 2005
The
National Park Service has designated the Lewis & Clark
Historic Park at Kaw Point and the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle
Environmental Library as certified sites on the Lewis and Clark
National Historic Trail - Press Release April 8, 2005
American
Indian voices will be heard -
Kansas City
Star, July 2, 2004
Cultural
presentations will be delivered by American Indian tribal
representatives in the Tent of Many Voices, the portable
auditorium operated by the National Park Service that will be
stationed at Kaw Point, in Kansas City, Kan., through Sunday.
Canoe
launch to be Saturday - Kansas City Kansan,
July 2, 2004
Symposium
explores slavery question - Kansas City Kansan,
July 1, 2004
Newfie
dogs steal the show - Kansas City Kansan,
June 30, 2004
Lewis
and Clark commemoration in KCK - Kansas City Kansan,
June 29, 2004
EVENTS:
Re-enactors, exhibits - Kansas City
Star, June 27, 2004
Two hundred years
ago today the Lewis and Clark expedition was in the midst of a
three-day encampment at Kaw Point, where the Kansas River enters
the Missouri River, in what is now Kansas City, Kan.
Landing
mirrors original
- Kansas City
Star, June 27, 2004
Saturday dawned in
authentic fashion for the 2004 version of the Lewis and Clark
expedition.
Lewis & Clark keelboat due today in KCK
- Kansas City
Star, June 29, 2004
Just as Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark did 200 years ago, the Corps of
Discovery II will arrive today at Kaw Point in Kansas City, Kan.
Commemoration activities began at 9 a.m.
Lewis
and Clark Historic Park At Kaw Point To Be Dedicated -
Kansas City Infozine, June 24, 2004
KC
invited to recall arrival at Kaw Point
- Kansas City
Star, June 24, 2004
Lewis and Clark
celebrated Independence Day 1804 in what would become Atchison,
but they camped at the future site of Kansas City, Kan., exactly
200 years ago Saturday.
Lewis
and Clark event features Lawrence
teen - Lawrence Journal World, June 24, 2004
When
history calls, re-enactors answer - Kansas City
Star, June 23, 2004
Guests who visit
the base camp for the Lewis and Clark re-enactment group see a
rustic, bucolic setting.
Kaw
Point could be springboard for development
- Kansas City
Star, June 23, 2004
Press
Release "Park Dedication Kicks Off Lewis and Clark
Commemoration" - June 22, 2004 (Word document)
Press
Release "Corps II featured at Kaw Point" -
National Park Service (Word document)
Press
Release "Discovery Expedition of St. Charles to Camp at Kaw
Point" - June 22, 2004 (Word document)
Press
Release "Discovery Expedition of St. Charles"
- June 22, 2004 (Word document)
Press
Release "Discovery Expedition of St. Charles Direct
Descendents of Original Expedition Members" - June
22, 2004 (Word document)
Corps
Of Discovery II Comes To Fort Osage -
Kansas City Infozine, June 16, 2004
Corps of
Discovery II: 200 Years to the Future opens at Fort Osage and
then travels to Kansas City, Kansas
Stand-ins
almost here - Kansas City Star, June 16, 2004
Lewis and Clark
and company — or at least guys who look a whole lot like them
— are due to arrive later this week by keelboat at the Fort
Osage historical site in eastern Jackson County. They'll be
spending the next couple of weeks, including the Fourth of July,
at several riverside spots in our neck of the woods.
Kansas
Lewis And Clark Bicentennial Commission Builds Over $9 Million
In Infrastructure Projects - Kansas City Infozine, June
15, 2004
Under
construction at Kaw Point - Kansas City Kansan, June 7,
2004
Lewis
and Clark Taskforce Newsletter May 2004
Press Release -
Meeting at Kaw Point: A Convergence of
Waters and Cultures"
Task Force Announces Featured Speakers. April 19,
2004 (Word document)
Lewis
and Clark Taskforce Newsletter April 2004
Lewis
& Clark panel, Great Wolf Lodge team up - Kansas
City Star, March 31, 2004
Lewis
and Clark Taskforce Newsletter March 2004
An
ideal backdrop awaits this bicentennial drama. -
Kansas City Star, February 26, 2004.
The Lewis and
Clark bicentennial blockbuster is headed our way. And Kansas
City is getting ready for its close-up.
Lewis
and Clark Taskforce Newsletter February 2004
Press Release -
State Street Corporation contributes
$20,000 to Wyandotte County Lewis and Clark taskforce.
January 22, 2004 (Word document)
Point
of arrival: Foundation poured for Kaw Point Boat Ramp -
Kansas City Kansan, January 13, 2004
A new boat ramp
is nearing completion on the Kansas River at Kaw Point in
Kansas City, Kansas.
Lewis and Clark
donor bricks offered - Kansas City Star, December 13, 2003
The
Wyandotte County Lewis and Clark Task Force is selling donor
bricks to raise money for the riverfront park it is building
at Kaw Point, the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers
in Kansas City, Kansas. The bricks will be used to pave the $2
million park's Education Pavilion Plaza, one of several
features that will help commemorate the site where the
explorers camped in 1804 while making their way up the
Missouri River. Prices range from $60 to $250.
New
Park to Commemorate Stop in Kansas - KCTV5,
December 29, 2003
Lewis and Clark
presentations - Kansas City Star, November 13, 2003
Three
days of workshops and presentations featuring re-enactments and
lectures about the Lewis and Clark expedition will begin Friday
in Wyandotte County. Sponsored by the Wyandotte County Lewis and
Clark Task Force, the events will take place at the Wyandotte
County Museum, 631 N. 126th St., Bonner Springs. Scholars and
historians will give presentations on topics including the
explorers stay at Kaw Point, where the Kansas and the Missouri
rivers meet.
Officials break ground on riverfront park in KCK
- Kansas City Star, September 27, 2003
Arriving by boat Friday on the Kansas River, Unified Government Mayor Carol Marinovich helped break ground on a six-acre riverfront park at Kaw Point in Kansas City, Kan.
Tourism officials hope to cash in on Lewis and Clark celebration
- Kansas City Star, September 17, 2003
Convention and
Visitors Bureau Officials in Kansas City, Kansas hope the
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial commoration will attract heritage
visitors to Wyandotte County.
Bargain bridge is a collaboration between two cities
- Kansas City Star, September 17, 2003
Bridge moved from Kaw Point Riverfront Park to Parkville.
Help give Big Muddy a makeover
- Kansas City Star, May 23, 2003
Help is needed on both sides of the state line to clean up the Missouri and Kansas Rivers.
Groups will hold fund-raiser for Lewis and Clark projects
- Kansas City Star, April 29, 2003
The Wyandotte County
Lewis and Clark Task Force and Friends of the Kaw will hold a fund-raiser
from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Union Station. Proceeds will go toward
river preservation efforts and the construction of a Lewis and Clark Historic
Park at Kaw Point.
KCK working to get riverfront park ready for Lewis and Clark anniversary
- Kansas City Star, April 9, 2003
This is the plan: A six-acre riverfront park in Kansas City, Kan., complete with boat ramp, to honor the three days that explorers Lewis and Clark spent at what is now Kaw Point.
Wyandotte County tourism stars honored
- Kansas City Star, March 14, 2003
Tourism Advocate of the Year is Shari Wilson, who is heading a volunteer effort to create a public park at Kaw Point in Kansas City, Kan., dedicated to the Lewis and Clark expedition.
State
turns 142 today, but big party is in '04 - from the Wichita
Eagle, January 29, 2003
Students from state blind school to set out on Lewis and Clark
trail - Kansas City Kansan, January 17, 2003, pages 1 and 10.
The article discusses the trip to the Monticello Signature Event by two students from the Kansas State School for the Blind. This summer, 18 teenage students who are blind or
visually impaired will set out on the Oregon Trail, and will return via the Lewis and Clark Trail. According to Eleanor Craig, Discovery Trails Project coordinator at the school, 2004
Kaw Point activities will also include the students.
KC sits at crossroads of
commemoration - Kansas City Star, January 12, 2003, pages A1 and A8.
The article discusses the Monticello Signature Event, which will kick off numerous signature events across the country over the next three years. Missouri and Kansas will take part in the events, through "A
Journey Fourth" which will take place in Atchison, Leavenworth, and Kansas City, MO from 3-4 July 2004. Kansas City, KS will participate at Kaw Point from 26-29 June 2004. A separate box on p. 10
shows a map and descriptions of regional and local Lewis and Clark sites. A separate article on p. 10 discusses the foresight of President Thomas Jefferson in proposing the expedition.
Local museum first in region to receive Lewis and Clark designation
- Kansas City Infozine, January 13, 2003
Northeast
Kansas to celebrate a Journey Fourth - from the Topeka
Capitol Journal, January 12, 2003
Retracing
History - from the
Topeka Capitol Journal, January 11, 2003
