by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Lewisand and Clark Return 2023 Series
September 16th, 1806, The Return: The crew pressed on, it was an excessively warm and disagreeable day. Young trader, Joesph Robidoux IV met the crew, and his hunting license was requested for review. “at 11 AM we met young Mr. Robidoux with a...
by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Lewisand and Clark Return 2023 Series
September 11, 1806, The Return: The meat was checked, and was about 2 days past spoiled, so it was thrown out. Everyone was hungry, so the group stopped near the Nodaway River in the valley. Only 2 deer were killed, but grapes and pawpaws were found too and...
by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Lewisand and Clark Return 2023 Series
September 10, 1806, Wednesday: The Return crew encountered Alexander La Fass and three french men from St. Louis in a small perogue, after an early morning and a good head start on the river, who were on their way to trade with the Pawnee at the Platte River....
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...
