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Lewis & Clark Park at
Kaw Point Park overlooking
downtown Kansas City
AUTO TOUR #2
Schlitterbahn
Kansas City Waterpark
Visit Kansas City Kansas
The Mahaffie Stagecoach
Stop and Farm Historic Site in Olathe
Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area
Enjoy a sculpture tour in
downtown Salina
Salina Area Chamber of Commerce
Go West to discover all the great National Frontier Trails
in the area, including the Lewis and Clark, Oregon, Pony Express
and Santa Fe National Historic Trails. History comes alive
here... combined with big-city variety and small town hospitality
for a vacation that will last a lifetime of memories
Konza Prairie Biological Station near Manhattan
LEWIS & C L AR K KANSAS
DISCOVER!
DISCOVER!
A U T O T O U R PA R T N E R S
Kansas City • Overland Park • Salina
Manhattan • Topeka • Abilene
Kansas City • Overland Park • Salina
Manhattan • Topeka • Abilene
HIT THE TRAIL
TO ADVENTURE!
HIT THE TRAIL
TO ADVENTURE!
This brochure funded in part by our program partners
Kansas City Kansas
Convention
and Visitors Bureau
VisitKansasCityKS.com
Manhattan
Convention and Visitors
Bureau
ManhattanCVB.org
Salina Area Chamber
of Commerce
SalinaKansas.org
Atchison Area
Chamber of Commerce
AtchisonKansas.net
FreedomsFrontier.org
nps.gov/lecl
lewisandclark.org
The Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation has chapters in Kansas, Missouri & Illinois.
Funded in part by the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation from the Lewis & Clark Trail Stewardship
Endowment: A National Council of the Lewis & Clark Expedition Bicentennial Legacy Project.
Go to: lewisandclarkcountry.org
Go to: lewisandclarkcountry.org
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WICHITA
From 1803 to1806 Lewis & Clark
explored America the Beautiful.
This year, you can too.
HIT THE TRAIL TO ADVENTURE!
Go to: lewisandclarkcountry.org
shopping experiences. The Village West
area boasts 400 acres of shopping. Find big
bargains at Legends Outlets – Kansas City,
Cabela’s and Nebraska Furniture Mart.
History comes alive at the Quindaro Overlook, Old Quindaro Museum, John Brown
Statue and the Underground Railroad
Museum. All are a part of the Freedom’s
Frontier National Heritage Area.
invites visitors to stroll, dine, and shop in
its scenic downtown area. Attractions include the exhibits and documents at the
Dole Institute of Politics, the Booth Family
Hall of Athletics, the University of Kansas’
Natural History Museum, the Lawrence
Art Center, and the Lied Performing Arts
Center as well as the Watkins Community
Museum of History.
Shawnee – Shawnee Town helps
visitors re-live life on the farm in the old
days while the Wonderscope Children’s
Museum opens young minds to the future.
Topeka – Visitors won’t want to miss
Kansas historic State Capitol and at the
Kansas History Museum they can see a
Cheyenne Tipi, a Wichita Grass Lodge, an
1880 Steam Locomotive, and exhibits and
displays that bring Kansas’ frontier history
to life. Topeka also features Old Prairie
Town, the Great Overland Stage Museum
and the Combat Air Museum. Popular
Topeka destinations also include the historic Ritchie House, the Topeka Zoological
Park, the priceless Louis Comfort Tiffany
stained glass windows at First Presbyterian
Church and the Ted Ensley gardens.
Olathe – Western history comes alive
Kansas City, Kansas – Lewis
Visit Kansas City Kansas
& Clark Park at Kaw Point, an inspiring
historic site at the confluence of the Kansas
and Missouri Rivers, is where Lewis &
Clark and the Corps of Discovery camped
and recovered after their exhausting
journey against the rising currents and
a strong headwind on June 26, 1804.
Today, the park offers walking and biking
trails, an education pavilion, open-air
encampment theater and outstanding
views of downtown Kansas City. Murals
and signage recognize the area’s history
and Native American tribes.
Kansas City, KS is home to Schlitterbahn
Kansas City Waterpark, Kansas Speedway,
Sporting KC and an array of exciting attractions, unique-themed restaurants and
See John Brown’s legacy in Kansas City, Kansas
at the Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm
Historic Site in Olathe. Ride in a stagecoach and see a working 19th century farm
complete with crops, livestock and fun.
Overland Park – The stunning
21st Century kaleidoscope exterior of the
Museum at Prairiefire is drawing in visitors
from throughout the region. Its popularity
is due in part to the spectacular changing
exhibits of the American Museum of
Natural History throughout the year. The
Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead and
the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens are also popular attractions.
Lawrence is home of the University
of Kansas and the Haskell Indian Nations
University. The mounted remains of the
cavalry horse Comanche, who was the
lone survivor of the Battle of the Little
Bighorn is on display at the University of
Kansas’ Natural History Museum. Lawrence
Manhattan – Manhattan is home to
Kansas State University. Adjacent to the
university you’ll find Aggieville, a 125-year
old shopping district offering unique
eateries, bars and restaurants. Historic
downtown Manhattan features the Flint
Hills Discovery Center with fascinating interactive exhibits for visitors of all ages.
The Riley County Historical Museum
showcases the area’s pioneer heritage. The
Konza Prairie Biological Station features
buffalo in their native prairieland. Walk on
“the wild side” at the Sunset Zoo. The
Wildwood Outdoor Adventure Park offers 7 thrilling zip-lines. Tuttle Creek
Lake provides great outdoor adventures
and is located 5 miles north of Manhattan on US Highway 24.
Marysville – A bronze statue of a
hard-riding Pony Express rider, plus lifestyle interactive murals and barn-quilt
blocks depicting the Pony Express, all
located in the Marysville Park. The original Pony Express Station No. 1, Barn and
Museum plus the Korster House Museum
and the 11-mile Marshall County Connection are all popular visitor destinations
as well as the Hollenberg Pony Express
Station northwest of Marysville on the
Little Blue River.
Washington – Over 100 vintage
cars, trucks, and tractors are on display at
Herrs Memory Lane, and Pony Express
and Oregon Trail rooms are featured at
the County Historical Museum.
Abilene remembers Wild Bill
Hickok, John Wesley Hardin, the “baddest” outlaws in all the west and all the
wild days in Old Abilene Town. Abilene
was the epicenter of Texas Cattle Drive
Days in the 1870’s. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum
and Boyhood Home by sharp contrast
remembers the General who led Allied
Forces in Europe during World War II.
Abilene’s popularity as an Old West
Cowtown is enhanced by the Dickinson
County Heritage Center, the C.W. Parker
Carousel, and the Abilene Smoky Valley
Excursion Train.
Salina – The Rolling Hills Zoo and
Wildlife Museum near Salina features stateof-the art animatronic figures of animals
and people from across the world. The
Smoky Hill Museum in downtown Salina
has fascinating exhibits chronicling the
history at the crossroads of the Heartlands.
The Smoky Hill Museum will open a
new interactive children’s area in 2016.
You won’t want to miss the unique downtown Sculpture Tour with a wide variety
of outdoor sculptures on exhibit in the
in heart of Salina.
Newton is home to the Kansas Sports
Hall of Fame, the 1886 Warkentin House,
and the Harvey County Museum.
Wichita – 23 acres of structures,
streets and stories make up Old Cowtown
Museum, bringing to life the wild and
wooly days when Wichita hosted Texas
cowboys coming up the Chisholm Trail.
The Mid America Indian Center, the
Great Plains Nature Center, and the
Sedgewick County Zoo are three prime
examples of all the great things to see and
do in Wichita.
Emporia – Visitors can tour nearby
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Red
Rocks Historic Site and the Flint Hills
National Wildlife Refuge adjacent to John
Redmond Reservoir north and south of
Emporia for outstanding examples of the
bounty and beauty of the Great Plains.