by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Lewisand and Clark Return 2023 Series
September 7, 1806, south of Blair, NE, The group camped at a trading post previously used and built by James McKay, who had traveled this route before, made a map and sent his map to Thomas Jefferson & Meriwether Lewis in 1803. Map picture shown. The Lewis...
by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Lewisand and Clark Return 2023 Series
Happy Labor Day! Sept. 4th, 1806, the Lewis & Clark group stops at Sgt. Floyd’s Grave. Floyd passed away 2 years earlier, most likely from peritonitis, caused by the inflammation or rupture of his appendix. The Monument is at 2601 S Lewis Blvd, Sioux...
by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Lewisand and Clark Return 2023 Series
September 1st, 1806, Calumet Bluff, Nebraska. Clark expresses relief when a group of shooting Indians turn out to be Yankton Sioux. They encamp at the same place as on their outward journey exactly two years earlier. Gunfire was heard, and it turned out to be...
by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Lewisand and Clark Return 2023 Series
August 31, 1806, The Tower (Old Baldy, SD): The crew makes an encampment 70 miles past Old Baldy after a windy day.. Everyone had to hold the canoes from being blown away. Clark killed 2 fox squirrels. August 31,...
by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Lewisand and Clark Return 2023 Series
August 27, 1806, Big Bend of the Missouri, SD: The Lewis & Clark expedition group discovers buffalo throughout the day and eventually kills a few of them, and packages up most of the meat to travel. Capt. Lewis walked on the sandbar and injured himself, was in...
