4th of July, 1804 Creek
July 4, 1804
William Clark recorded in his
journal that on this date,
the Corps of Discovery
"Passed a Creek 12 yrs. wide...comeing
out of an extensive Prarie reching
within 200 yeards of the river, as this
Creek has no name, and this being
the...the [sic] 4th of July the day of the
independence of the U.S. call it...4th of
July 1804 Creek"
Marker is on Skyway Highway (U.S. 59) near 10th Street (U.S. 73), on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
