2026 Lewis & Clark trip – part 19: farther north along the Missouri River
As we were driving a back road along the Missouri River toward Sioux City, we saw a scenic overview sign. We’re always ready for a stop when we see such...
2026 Lewis & Clark trip – part 16: seeing the bluffs, first council, and why Council Bluffs?
Before Lewis took off, President Jefferson gave him detailed instructions to seek out, meet with, and learn from the American Indian nations along the journey. On July 28, 1804, the...
2026 Lewis & Clark trip – part 15: National Historic Trail look in Omaha
The first floor of the Lewis & Clark National Headquarters had the smallest look at the Lewis & Clark expedition, but its exhibits and its movie more than made up...
2026 beyond the Lewis & Clark trip – part 14: opening up North America meant people moving west and conflict
Once the United States purchased the land covered in the Louisiana Purchase, pioneer-minded people started moving west. But, of course, in some places others were already living in these areas...
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...