Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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8 PIONEERS. 1826. This is the year of the great rise in the Missouri. The rise of 1844 was four feet higher. The Indians say the Missouri over- ows every fourteen or fteen vea1-s. November 11A company of 93 emigrants from Bourbon County. Iielitucky, arrive in Clay, after a long and tedious over~ lan(l jo11111e). and settle near Smithville. The heads of fami- lies are: 1. Captain James Duncan; 2, Matthew Duncan; 3. Wil- liam Duncan; 4, Rice Davenport; 5, James Vinn; 6, Sarah Music twidow); 7, James Grray (teacher). The caravan embraced T wagons. 4 carts, 5 dearbons. 150 sheep. and 75 cattle. In their immediate settlement they found only the following families in possession: 1. Humphrey Smith; 2. Cornelius Gilliam; 3. John (}illiam; 4, William Riggs; and 5, Samuel Crolev. There Were no other neighbors. .orembcr 20Tl1e seat of government is removed from St. (fha1c-les to J etferson City. 1827. THE CANTONMENT OF LEAVENVORlH LOCATED. The following order was the initiative step for the establish- ment of Fort Leavenworth: Adjutant-Generals Office, YVashington, March 7, 1827. "Colonel Leavenworth, of the 3d IIlfa11Tlj. with four com- panies of l1is regiment. will ascend the Missouri. and when he 1-eat-lies a point on the left bank, near the mouth of the Little Platte River. and within a. range of twentv miles. above or below its continence, he will select such position as. in his judgment. is lvest calculated for a site of a permanent cantonment. The spot hr-lug chosen. he will construct. with the troops at his command. minfol-table. though tempora.rv. quarters. sufficient for the accom- mmlation of four companies. This movement will be made as earl) as the convenience of the service will permit. ; "lly tn-tler of Major-Gelleral Brmvli." ll. .l()NE{, ADJlA".l-."l-(}E.E HAL. ,1/u-H I7. I...7~(olo1iel H. L. Leavenwortlt and his four com- ])llllI. of ::l Infantry came up the .Iissout-i o11 a steamer. touch- ing at l,ih-rtlv Landing. as Wt-s. Slmbal Allen well recollects. At the Hmtllh of the Platte tlarlville) he landed and made an accu- rate e.:tmin:tt ion of the lm-:tlit. but condemned it as a site for a I:llIlHlIIIlll. l/rI// N. /..3T~(nlmtel l.e:le1I\m1ll reported that there was no ]vl:ltt- nu the left hank of the Missmtri he could recommend; but that th.-t-- was :1 site on the right. or west. side of the river. known :I. li;IlllI.ll:Il(t- Tlills. that he apm~ovetl. His recommendation VI- :IltI~Ml - -ptetnher 19. 1 H27. Tn the meantime (olonel l,t":lc-ll\ullll had erected temporarv barracks. and his men had