Lewis & Clark Expedition
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM16Y3_the-lewis-and-clark-expedition-across-missouri_Hermann-MO.html
"as we were pushing off this Morning two Canoes Loaded with fur &c. Came to from the Mahars nation [Omahas]...., at about 10 oClock 4 Cajaux or rafts loaded with furs and peltres came too one from the Paunees (Pawnees) the other from Grand Osage... we campe…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM16YZ_voyage-of-discovery_Hermann-MO.html
[A series of deteriorating tiles inlaid in the sidewalk tell the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery Story]
[Tile 2 reads] The "Corps of Discovery began its way up the Missouri aboard a 56' keelboat with two smaller pirogues. Most of Clark's time was spen…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM19L5_the-missouri-river_Nebraska-City-NE.html
Today, the Missouri River is 2315 miles in length. At Nebraska City it is 1755 miles from the headwaters in Montana and 560 miles to its mouth near St. Louis, MO. where it empties into the Mississippi River. It is North America's longest river but it no lon…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM19L7_hunter-watchdog-and-faithful-friend_Nebraska-City-NE.html
One valued member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition had four legs, webbed feet and weighed 150 pounds. He was Captain Meriwether Lewis' dog Seaman, a Newfoundland.
At Lewis' command, Seaman jumped into the Ohio River to catch squirrels swimming across in…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM19L8_barge-keelboat-replica_Nebraska-City-NE.html
The Lewis & Clark Expedition Barge/Keelboat was 55 feet long and 8 feet 4 inches wide and drew 2 to 2.5 foot [sic] of water when loaded with an estimated 12 to 15 ton[s] of supplies. The preponderance of the historic evidence indicates that it was built in …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1A5X_the-lewis-and-clark-expedition-across-missouri_North-Kansas-City-MO.html
...the high lands which is on the Northe Side [just above the Blue Water river] does not exceed 80 feet high, at this Place the river appears to be Confined in a very narrow channel, and the Current Still more So by Couenter [counter] Current or Whirl on on…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1AEK_nathaniel-hale-pryor_Pryor-Creek-OK.html
Pryor Creek was named in honor of Nathaniel Hale Pryor. Captain Pryor was a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, a veteran of the war of 1812 and was a Captain at the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815. In June he was honorably discharged from the …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1AK7_lewis-and-clark-mural_Liberty-MO.html
The Clay County Fine Arts Council commissioned this mural in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery expedition.
The artist's version shows the expedition stopping at sundown to set camp along a bend in the river.…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1C1Z_lewis-and-clark-in-kentucky-york_Louisville-KY.html
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This enslaved African American who lived most of his life in Louisville, went on Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Pacific, 1803-6. York was the first African American to cross the U.S. coast to coast and made important contributions to the su…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1CJS_wheeling-a-pretty-considerable-village_Wheeling-WV.html
"this was a considerable Village contains about fifty houses...it is situated on the east side of the river on an elevated bank; the landing is good, just below the town and on the side big Wheeling creek emtys itself into the Ohio..." — Meriwether Le…