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