Retracing the Osage Treaty Line: The Story Continues

In the March 2021 edition of Missouri Surveyor, the tale of Joe Clayton’s work in recovering the Osage Treaty
Line was featured. A continuation of MSHP’s 2016 commemoration of the survey of the Osage Treaty Line by
Joseph Brown in 1816, Clayton has continued to research and retrace the line. The first part of the story detailed
his development of research maps, his utilization of Brown’s original citations, and his first recovery of original
accessories of the line, the raised mounds left by Brown at Milepost 54 and 55. The story continues…