Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Busy port cities are a crucial part of the modern world, but there were similar places in years past as well. The Knife River area was an important trading and agricultural region inhabited by Native peoples for over 10,000 years. ...

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Headquarters and Visitor Center

The Lewis and Clark expedition succeeded because of the collaborative efforts of many. Consisting of military men, scientists, a slave, and a French-speaking translator and his wife, the expedition encompassed a diverse group of explorers. In 1803, many of these ...

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 ...

Sergeant Floyd Riverboat Museum and Welcome Center

Launched in 1932, the M.V. Sergeant Floyd is a former inspection boat of the Army Corps of Engineers. The “Motor Vessel” is named in honor of Sergeant Charles Floyd, the only man to die on the Lewis and Clark expedition. He ...

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 ...

Western Historic Trails Center

For his birthday in 1804, Captain Clark wanted beaver meat. The Corps of Discovery co-leader penned an insightful journal entry while camped at present day Council Bluffs on August 1: “This being my birthday I order'd a Saddle of fat Vennison, ...

National Historic Landmark - Fort Osage

The site of Fort Osage sits on a 70-foot-high bluff overlooking a bend in the Missouri River. Captain William Clark noted this remarkable natural location on the Missouri River in his journal: “A high commanding position, more than 70 feet ...

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 ...