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NPS Website
First Visited: June 8, 2004
NPS Site Visited: Not an Official Site
NPS Affiliate Site Visited: 8 of 26
WHAT IS IT?
An 11-state trail that traces the legendary 1803-1805 Corps of Discovery Expedition lands acquired by the United States through the Louisiana Purchase. The trail fastidiously follows Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s journey to the Pacific Ocean and return to St. Louis.
The route has frequent signs, a plethora of museums (both public and private) and countless things to do. We have come up with 40. We’ve included all 33 of the sites with a Lewis and Clark NHT National Parks Passport stamp on this list. If there are more stamps out there, hopefully they’re at the other 7 locations we picked. Please don’t quote us on that number. The whims of missing stamps are unpredicatable.
So, here are our prime Lewis and Clark NHT stops. But be careful. You might catch Lewis and Clark fever. Here is the main symptom: when you see a brown L&C sign you get excited and reflexively imitate one of the explorers’ poses. We had the fever bad. The only cure is relocating to the east coast.
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1. Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site Ft. Kaskaskia, Ill.
No review; We have not been there
Passport Stamp Here; Local Website
2. Pierre Menard Home
Ft. Kaskaskia, Ill.
No review; We have not been there
Passport Stamp Here; Local Website
3. Lewis and Clark State Historic Site
Hartford, Ill.
No review; We have not been there
Passport Stamp Here; Local Website
4. Jefferson National Expansion Memorial St. Louis, Mo.
review; Visited July 28, 2004
Passport Stamp Here
5. Lewis and Clark Boathouse and Nature Center St. Charles, Mo.
No review; We have not been there
No Passport Stamp; Local Website
6. Fort Osage National Historic Landmark Sibley, Mo.
No review; We have not been there
No Passport Stamp; Local Website
7. National Frontier Trails Center Independence, Mo.
No review; Visited July 1, 2004
No Passport Stamp; Local Website
8. Western Historic Trails Center Council Bluffs, Iowa
review; Visited June 30, 2004
Passport Stamp Here
9. Lewis and Clark State Park Onawa, Iowa
No review; We have not been there
No Passport Stamp; Local Website
10. Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center Sioux City, Iowa
review; Visited June 30, 2004
Passport Stamp Here
11. Sergeant Floyd Museum Sioux City, Iowa
No review; Visited June 30, 2004
Passport Stamp Here
12. Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center Nebraska City, Nebr. No review; We have not been there
Passport Stamp Here;
Local Website
13. Lewis and Clark National Headquarters and Visitor Center Omaha, Nebr.
No review; Visited July 11, 2004
Passport Stamp Here
14. Ponca State Park Ponca, Nebr.
No review; We have not been there
Passport Stamp Here;
Local Website
15. Missouri National Recreational River O’Neill, Nebr.
review; Visited June 29, 2004
Passport Stamp Here
16. Fort Randall Dam Pickston, S.Dak.
No review; Visited June 29, 2004
Passport Stamp Here;
Local Website
17. Gavins Point Dam Lewis and Clark Visitor Center Yankton, S.Dak.
No review; Visited June 29, 2004
Passport Stamp Here;
Local Website
18. Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center Chamberlain, S.Dak.
No review; Visited June 18, 2004
Passport Stamp Here
19. The Museum of South Dakota Pierre, S.Dak.
No review; Visited June 19, 2004
Passport Stamp Here;
Local Website
20. Fort Mandan Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center Washburn, N.Dak. No review; We have not been there
Passport Stamp Here;
Local Website
21. Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site Stanton, N.Dak.
review; Visited June 8, 2004
Passport Stamp Here
22. Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site Williston, N.Dak.
review; Visited June 20, 2004
Passport Stamp Here
23. Pompeys Pillar National Monument Billings, Mont.
review; Visited August 21, 2004
Passport Stamp Here
24. Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument Fort Benton, Mont. No review; We have not been there
Passport Stamp Here;
Local Website
25. Great Falls Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center Great Falls, Mont.
review; Visited August 28, 2004
Passport Stamp Here
26. Missouri Headwaters State Park Bozeman, Mont.
No review; Visited August 26, 2004
Passport Stamp HereLocal Website
27. Big Hole National Battlefield Wisdom, Mont.
review; Visited September 6, 2004
Passport Stamp Here
28. Travelers Rest State Park Lolo, Mont.
No review; Visited September 5, 2004
Passport Stamp Here; Local Website
29. Lolo Pass Visitor Center Missoula, Mont.
No review; Visited September 5, 2004
Passport Stamp Here;
Local Website
30. Nez Perce National Historical Park Spalding, Idaho
review; Visited September 8, 2004
Passport Stamp Here
31. Sacajawea Interpretive Center Salmon, Idaho
No review; We have not been there
No Passport Stamp; Local Website
32. Lewis and Clark State Park Dayton, Wash. No review; We have not been there
Passport Stamp Here;
Local Website
33. Sacajawea Interpretive Center Pasco, Wash. No review; We have not been there
Passport Stamp Here;
Local Website
34. Beacon Rock State Park Skamania, Wash. No review; We have not been there
Passport Stamp Here;
Local Website
35. Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Vancouver, Wash.
review; Visited July 11, 2005
Passport Stamp Here
36. Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center Ilwaco, Wash.
No review; Visited July 14, 2005
Passport Stamp Here;
Local Website
37. Tamastslikt Cultural Institute Pendleton, Ore.
No review; We have not been there
No Passport Stamp; Local Website
38. Columbia Gorge Discovery Center The Dallas, Ore.
No review; We have not been there
No Passport Stamp; Local Website
39. Bonneville Lock and Dam Cascade Locks, Ore.
No review; Visited August 2, 2005
Passport Stamp Here;
Local Website
40. Lewis and Clark National Historical Park Astoria, Ore.
review; Visited July 13, 2005
Passport Stamp Here
[...] The variety of topics and things and people to see kept us entertained all day. Spots special to Lewis and Clark and the C&O Canal reminded us of many previously visited park sites. How cool when history [...]
[...] WHAT IS IT? Site of a Hidatsa Village which was inhabited for over 500 years. Imprints of earthlodges cover the landscape. One earthlodge has been reconstructed and furnished as it would have been in the early 1800s. This is a stop on the Lewis and Clark Trail. [...]
[...] There are also two movies shown in separate cinemas, one about the Arch’s architect and one about Lewis and Clark. We are not sure if your movie ticket is good for both. Our cost confusion factored into our [...]
[...] that both began and/or passed through or around Council Bluffs, Iowa: the California Trail, the Lewis and Clark Trail, the Mormon Trail and the Oregon [...]
[...] IS IT? One of many Interpretive Centers that have recently sprung up along the Lewis and Clark Trail in anticipation of the ongoing bicentennial celebration of the explorers’ journey. The Center in [...]
[...] WE RECOMMEND? (5/10) If you are on the Lewis and Clark Trail stop at Pompey’s Pillar. Clark’s signature attaches realness to what can at times be a journey [...]
[...] HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE (3/10) This area proved to be slow going for the Corps of Discovery. The series of falls were difficult to portage, as evidenced by the life-sized scene, spanning two floors in the atrium of the Center. Great Falls is seen as one of the great trials and difficulties of the Lewis and Clark journey. [...]
[...] Why do people come to this Site if they have such abhorrence and disrespect for the Nez Perce people? The Site is dedicated to their history. The answer is that the Spalding Visitor Center lies along the Lewis and Clark Trail. [...]
[...] IS IT? The Site formerly known as Fort Clatsop N MEM. Fort Clatsop was the makeshift fort where the Lewis and Clark expedition spent the wet 1805-1806 winter, the western-most and halfway point of their legendary [...]
[...] The Corn Palace changes its exterior “ear-chitecture” every year. This year’s theme is the travels of Lewis and Clark who, ironically enough, declared in 1805 that the Mitchell, S.Dak. area was “suitable only for [...]
[...] severely cut. To this day, no services exist. For their 200th anniversary, we have seen numerous Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Visitor Centers pop up throughout the country. The March for Voting Rights’ 40th anniversary is [...]