Clay County Archives and Historical Library ~ Liberty, Missouri

Preserving the Past for the Present

CCARCH Bicentennial Moments title screen

2022 marked the 200th anniversary of the formation of Clay County, Missouri, which was formally organized on January 2, 1822.  Throughout the year the Clay County Archives and Historical Library shared a series of Bicentennial Moments... brief videos that  celebrate the Bicentennial and provide information about the early history of the county.

Episode 1 - Formation of Clay County.

Episode 2 - Early Clay County Pioneers

Episode 3 - The State Road from Indian Trail to Wagon Road

Episode 4 - A brief history of Smithville in northern Clay County

Episode 5 - Indigenous People of Clay County

Episode 6 - Founding of the Town of Liberty

Episode 7 - Land and Wildlife of Early Clay County

Episode 8 - Clay County and Fort Leavenworth on the Western Frontier

Episode 9 - The Liberty Arsenal

Episode 10 - Alexander Doniphan's March

Episode 11 - 1972 Clay County Sesquicentennial Time Capsule

Episode 12 - The Story of the Seybold Tavern

Episode 13 - Alexander Doniphan and David Rice Atchison

Episode 14 - Founding of William Jewell College

Episode 15 - Professor James Love

Episode 16 - The Tanner's Wheel

Episode 17 - Clay County's 1859 Greek Revival Courthouse

Episode 18 - The Isaac Neff Log Cabin

Episode 19 - Missouri City, Missouri

Episode 20 - History of Oak Ridge Farm

Episode 21 - Steamboats, Rivers and Landings