LocationW. 8th St. & Jefferson, Kansas City, MO |
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Description:
In April 2000 a statue called “Corps of Discovery,” honoring the Lewis and Clark Expedition and created by sculptor Eugene Daub, was dedicated in a circular plaza at 8th Street and Jefferson in West Terrace Park. It depicts Meriwether Lewis; William Clark; Sacagawea, their Native American guide; York, Clark’s African-American servant; and Seaman, Lewis’ Newfoundland breed dog.
Inscription:
Carved in marble around the base: “Of courage undaunted and a fidelity to truth I could have no hesitation confiding the enterprise to him.” Thomas Jefferson 1813 Meriwether Lewis 1774-1809 William Clark 1770-1838 Sacagawea CA. 1787-Before 1829 Jean Baptiste Charbonneau 1805-1866.
Nearly 200 hundred years after the area’s first fur trading post was settled on the bluffs of the Missouri River, Kansas City is preparing to honor the French pioneer Francois Chouteau who established it, and the Native Americans with whom he traded. Francois Chouteau...
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