There is no other place I’d rather be than teaching and learning with my girls. The freedom that comes with homeschooling allows me to pursue opportunities to travel and learn as much as we can while experiencing things first hand! Welcome to our blog about planning our next big adventure, the Lewis and Clark Trail! The three of us girls plan on a 40+ day adventure of learning all we can about the biology, botany, geography, geology, economics, and civics (and more) associated with the Corps of Discovery journey of 1804-1806. Join us on our journey!

Monday, February 18, 2013

Kansas

Lewis and Clark arrived in Kansas City in late June of 1804 and remained for two weeks.  The celebrated July 4, Independence Day and named a creek Independence Creek in honor of the celebration.

Map of the United States with Kansas highlighted
Map of United States with Kansas Highlighted, from Wikipedia.  

Illinois is known as The Sunflower State and The Wheat State.
The state motto is Per aspera ad astra "To the stars through difficulties"
It was the 34th state to join the union on January 29, 1861.
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