National Historic Trails - Lewis and Clark Trail - Points Along the Trail

1. Lewis and Clark State Historic Site -Monument Commemorates the Expedition's preparations during the winter of 1803-04 at"Camp Wood." The actual site has been obliterated by river channel migration

2. Jefferson National Expansion Memorial National Historic Site - Commemorates President Jefferson's vision of the continental destiny of the United States, evidenced by his sponsorship of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Museum of Westward Expansion is underground below the 630-foot stainless steel arch. Excellent Lewis and Clark interpretation

3. Bellefontaine Cemetery - Clark's grave.

4. St. Charles Riverfront Park - The Expedition camped here May 16-20, 1804, while waiting for Lewis to complete business in St. Louis, and again on September 21, 1806. Interpretive sign.

5. Tavern Cave -Lewis and Clark visited the cave May 23, 1804 No public access.

6. Arrow Rock State Historic Site -Clark noted Arrow Rock Bluff as they passed it on June 9, 1804. Interpretive sign.

7. Stump Island Park-Located on the site of the June 10-11, 1804, camp named "Stump Island'' in Clark's journal. Interpretive sign.

8. Fort Osage - Reconstruction of fort built in 1808 under the supervision of Clark as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Louisiana Territory.

9. Lewis and Clark Memorial - Located in a small Kansas City park on the river bluff. View of the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers

10. Independence Park - Interpretive sign about the Expedition's camp of July 4, 1804, and the naming of Independence Creek by the captains

11. Brownville State Recreation Area - The historic side-wheel dredge vessel "Captain Meriwether Lewis" located here has been converted into a floating museum

12. N.P. Dodge Memorial Park - Omaha city park with interpretive sign explaining July 28, 1804, camp and first Indian encountered by the Expedition.

13. Lewis and Clark Monument - Located in a Council Bluffs, Iowa, city park

14. Fort Atkinson State Historical Park -The "Councile Bluff" where Lewis and Clark held their first council with Indians on August 3, 1804, is just east of the fort. Clark's report that the site was ideal for a fort led to the construction of Fort Atkinson in 1820.

15. Lewis and Clark State Park - Interpretive sign and full-scale keelboat replica.

16. Blackbird Hill -On August 11, 1804, Lewis and Clark visited and decorated the grave of the great Omaha Indian Chief Blackbird atop this hill. No public access.

17. Sergeant Floyd Monument - An obelisk marks the grave of Sergeant Charles Floyd. Jr. who died August 20, 1804, of natural causes.

18. Ponca State Park-Interpretive sign and trail.

19. Missouri National Recreational River -A 59-mile segment from Ponca State Park to Gavins Point Oam that still exhibits the conditions encountered by the Expedition.

20. Ionia Volcano -On August 24, 1804, Clark recorded, "Those bluffs appear to have been lately on fire " Access permitted by private landowner Interpretive sign in Newcastle city park.

21. Spirit Mound -On August 25, 1804, Lewis and Clark walked to this conical hill which the Indians believed to be the residence of "little people or Spirits." Interpretive sign along State Route 19 about 7 miles north of Vermillion.

22. Calumet Bluff -The Expedition's council with the Yankton Sioux at this site is interpreted nearby at Gavins Point Oam Visitor Center and at Lewis and Clark State Recreation Area, South Dakota.

23. Gavins Point Dam Visitor Center -Lewis and Clark interpretation.

24. Farm Island State Recreation Area -Visitor center, Lewis and Clark monument and interpretive shelter

25. Teton Council Site - Lewis and Clark held a council with the Teton Sioux on September 25, 1804, at the mouth of the Bad River. Later in the day and again 2 days later, hostile actions of the Teton warriors created confrontations that nearly came to armed conflict.

26. Site of Fort Manuel - Location of Missouri Fur Company post where Sacagawea died December 20, 1812. No public access Interpretive sign on bluff along State Route 1806 south of Kenel.

27. Roughrider Trail -A 17-mile hiking, horseback riding, and snowmobiling trail paralleling the Missouri River.

28. Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park -Contains the site of an abandoned Mandan village noted by Clark in his journal. Five earth lodges have been reconstructed.

29. Fort Mandan Park - Located a few miles downstream of the actual site, this park contains a replica of the Expedition's 1804-05 winter quarters.

30. Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site - Remnants of three Hidatsa villages visited by Lewis and Clark during the 1804-05 winter stay at Fort Mandan Visitor center.

31. Four Bears Park -Interpretive center focusing on the Arikara. Mandan, and Hidatsa Indians, including information on Lewis and Clark.

32. Lewis and Clark State Park - Lewis was shot and seriously wounded by the nearsighted Private Cruzatte in a hunting accident in 1806 approximately 10 miles downstream from the park. Interpretive sign.

33. Fort Peck Dam - Interpretive sign at spillway.

34. Pompeys Pillar -Named by Clark "Pompy's Tower" for Sacagawea's son whom he had nicknamed "Pomp." Clark inscribed his own name and the date in the rock on July 25, 1806. Privately operated historic and recreation site open to public use.

35. Buffalo Mirage Access - Near this site Clark's. party constructed two canoes and continued their exploration of the Yellowstone River by water.

36. Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River - This 149-mile segment from Kipp State Park upstream to Fort Benton provides excellent opportunities for retracing a section of the Expedition route that is little changed since 1805-06. Commercial boat trips available

37. Marias River -The explorers spent 9 days in June 1805 determining the Marias was not the main stem of the Missouri River. Interpretive sign at nearby Loma, Montana.

38. Fort Benton - On the riverfront levee in this historic town is a heroic-sized statue of Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea, and her son, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. Bureau of Land Management visitor center featuring Lewis and Clark.

39. Two Medicine Fight Site - Lewis and three of his men clashed at this site with eight Blackfeet Indians Two Indians were killed. Access by. permission from private landowner

40. Camp Disappointment - Northernmost point reached by. Lewis on his Marias River exploration. Access permitted across private lands. An interpretive sign about the site is located on U.S. Highway. 2 about 22 miles west of Cut Bank.

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