Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Visitor and Interpretive Center

Almost all 4,000 miles of the Lewis and Clark expedition’s journey, from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean, occurred on waterways. Rivers were the superhighways across North America in the early 1800s.

The Corps of Discovery began its quest on ...

Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center

The Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center commemorates the Corps of Discovery’s time in the present-day Sioux City, Iowa, area in August 1804.  At the center of the story is the August 20^th death of Sargent Charles Floyd, the ...

Lewis and Clark State Historic Site and Camp River Dubois

Seeking a suitable location for a winter home in 1803 – 1804, Captain William Clark established the Corps of Discovery’s base camp on the east side of the Mississippi River. In his journal dated December 13, 1803, he wrote, "fixed ...

Lewis and Clark Boat House and Nature Center

On the banks of the Missouri River, approximately twenty-eight miles upstream from its confluence with the Mississippi River, lays the city of Saint Charles. It was originally called “Les Petite Cotes (or, The Little Hills)” by the early French Canadian ...

Meriwether Lewis Death and Burial Site

On the Natchez Trace Parkway sits an unpretentious granite cairn topped by a broken column, indicating a life cut short. Under this monument, 200 yards from Grinder's Stand cabin, lay the remains of one of America's earliest heroes, Captain Meriwether ...

Lewis and Clark Pass

On June 30^th, 1806, Lewis and Clark stopped at Traveler’s Rest while on their eastward journey home. The leaders had agreed to split the expedition at this point in order to maximize the range of their return explorations.

Captain Lewis traveled ...

Lewis P. Larsen House

Built for Lewis “L.P.” Larsen in 1912 and perched prominently on a cliffside location that one historian concluded is “probably the most desirable building lot in Metaline Falls,” the English cottage-inspired design is the work of Kirtland Cutter, ...

Lewis Clark Interpretive Center

"We commence building our cabins."

- William Clark, November 3, 1804

That simple journal entry marked the construction of Fort Mandan, the Corps of Discovery's winter home from 1804-1805. Through the winter, Lewis & Clark interviewed members of the nearby Mandan-Hidatsa ...

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center

Embark on your own “voyage of discovery” at the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center in Great Falls, Montana. Operated by the USDA Forest Service, the Center was built in 1998 on the bluffs overlooking the Missouri River, ...

Lewis and Clark in Missoula

Adjacent to an East Broadway bridge spanning Rattlesnake Creek, right in front of a McDonald’s Restaurant, sits a small historical marker proclaiming the site to be a Lewis and Clark camping spot. With a little imagination, the rippling waters and ...