Early Expeditions Through Kansas

Early Expeditions Through Kansas

Bourgmont's Expedition

Coronado's Expedition

Long's Expedition of the Great Plains

Pike's Expedition in Kansas

Coronado's Expedition, Frederic Remington, 1898.

Timeline of Kansas Explorations

1541	Spanish explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado arrives in present-day Kansas in in search of gold.
1724	French explorer and trader, Étienne Veniard de Bourgmont travels through northern Kansas.
1739	French-Canadian brothers, Pierre and Paul Mallet lead a party of French traders through Kansas.
1804	The Lewis & Clark Expedition passes through northeastern Kansas.
1806	Zebulon M. Pike's expedition crosses much of Kansas.
1819	Stephen H. Long's expedition explores portions of Kansas.
1842	John C. Fremont, the "Path Finder," explores much of northeastern Kansas.

Stephen H. Long and members of his expedition meeting

Pawnee council, engraved by John Heaviside Clark, 1823.

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