Frontier Expedition
Étienne Veniard de Bourgmont Expedition
Corps of Discovery – The Lewis & Clark Expedition
Fremont’s Expeditions of the American West
Long’s Expedition of the Great Plains
Timeline of Kansas Explorations
Coronado Expedition by Frederic Remington
1541 – Spanish explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado arrives in present-day Kansas in search of gold.
1724 – French explorer and trader, Étienne Veniard de Bourgmont, traveled 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.
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