2026 beyond the Lewis & Clark trip – part 13: William Clark at Fort Osage
Fort Osage in the first 20 years of the 1800s was both part of the U.S. Indian factory system and, as of 1808, a military fort. We’ll start with factory...
2026 beyond the Lewis & Clark trip – part 12: William Clark’s later importance – Fort Osage
We will be learning so much more about the Lewis & Clark expedition as we continue on our trip, but one of my questions is: What happened to Lewis and...
2026 Lewis & Clark trip – part 11: Kaw Point on the Lewis & Clark expedition, and the Steamboat Arabia hit a snag at the same place years later on the Missouri River
We learned from our reading about the Lewis & Clark expedition that Kaw Point in Kansas City was a place we shouldn’t miss. It wasn’t a museum to walk through,...
2026 Lewis & Clark trip – part 10: the expedition’s keelboat and the white pirogue
Lewis & Clark’s keelboat was built as a galley (a type of ship perfect for propulsion by oars) in Pittsburgh in 1803 for the Lewis & Clark Expedition, after detailed...
2026 Lewis & Clark trip – part 9: confluence of 2 rivers and 2 looks at Camp Wood (or Camp Dubois)
If you’re unfamiliar with the rivers in the Midwest, here’s some information. The Mississippi River starts in northern Minnesota around Bemidji and flows south almost in a straight line to...