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Atchison

  
Kansas State Historical Marker
Atchison County
 
US-59, Atchison County
Roadside turnout, east of US-73 junction, Atchison

, KS, USA
 
 
      On July 4, 1804, Lewis and Clark exploring the new Louisiana Purchase, camped near this site. Fifty years later the town was founded by Proslavery men and named for Senator D. R. Atchison.
 

 
 

 

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