The Lewis and Clark Expedition ranks among history's greatest adventures. Now, modern explorers can retrace the route and make their own memories withTraveling the Lewis and Clark Trail.This thoroughly updated version of this acclaimed guidebook traces the entire route, from Illinois to Oregon. It includes comprehensive inside information on activities, attractions, and visitor amenities along the route. A full-color foldout map helps visitors track their own progress along the trail.

Julie Fanselow works as a full-time freelance writer and is the author of Traveling the Oregon Trail and Idaho Off the Beaten Path, both from Globe Pequot. She lives in Twin Falls, Idaho.

Acknowledgments

vi

Preface

viii

Map Legend

ix

How to Use This Book

x

Suggested Itineraries

x

When to Go

xv

Touring with a Group---Or on Your Own?

xv

How to Travel

xviii

Where to Stay, What to Eat

xix

What to Pack

xxii

Traveling with Kids

xxii

What to Read, Watch, and Hear

xxiii

Tending the Trail

xxv

State Tourism Offices

xxvi

A Note on Spelling

xxvii

Is This Book Out of Date?

xxvii

The Corps of Discovery: A Brief History and Overview

1

(6)

The Eastern Legacy

7

(13)

Monticello (VA)

7

(2)

Washington, D.C.

9

(3)

Harpers Ferry (WV)

12

(1)

Preparations in Pennsylvania

13

(1)

Down the Ohio, to the Falls (WV, OH, IN, KY)

14

(4)

Pressing on toward St. Louis (IL)

18

(2)

Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas

20

(34)

Camp River Dubois and Cahokia (IL/MO)

20

(5)

St. Louis (MO)

25

(4)

St. Charles (MO)

29

(2)

The Shakedown Cruise (MO)

31

(7)

Arrow Rock and Fort Osage (MO)

38

(5)

Kansas City (MO)

43

(2)

Lewis and Clark State Park and Weston Bend State Park (MO)

45

(1)

Independence Creek (KS)

46

(2)

Lodging

48

(3)

Camping

51

(1)

Restaurants

52

(2)

Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota

54

(41)

Indian Cave State Park-Brownville State Recreation Area (NE)

54

(4)

Omaha, Council Bluffs, and Fort Atkinson (IA/NE)

58

(6)

Lewis and Clark State Park (IA)

64

(1)

Blackbird Hill (NE)

65

(2)

Sioux City and Sergeant Floyd (IA)

67

(4)

Spirit Mound (SD)

71

(2)

Rivers and Lakes: The Nebraska-South Dakota Border

73

(6)

Chamberlain-Oacoma and the Circle of Tepees (SD)

79

(1)

Pierre and the Teton Council Site (SD)

80

(7)

The Lake Oahe Region (SD)

87

(3)

Lodging

90

(2)

Camping

92

(1)

Restaurants

93

(2)

North Dakota and Eastern Montana

95

(44)

Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park (ND)

95

(7)

Fort Mandan (ND)

102

(7)

Knife River Indian Villages (ND)

109

(4)

Lake Sakakawea Country (ND)

113

(4)

The Missouri--Yellowstone Confluence (ND/MT)

117

(3)

Homeward Bound: Clark on the Yellowstone River (MT)

120

(7)

The Hi-Line (MT)

127

(5)

Lodging

132

(3)

Camping

135

(1)

Restaurants

136

(3)

Central Montana

139

(53)

Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument

139

(11)

The Marias River and Fort Benton

150

(8)

Homeward Bound: Camp Disappointment, the Two Medicine Fight Site

158

(7)

Great Falls

165

(11)

Homeward Bound: Lewis Finds a Shortcut

176

(1)

Gates of the Mountains

177

(5)

Three Forks of the Missouri

182

(6)

Lodging

188

(1)

Camping

189

(1)

Restaurants

190

(2)

Western Montana and Idaho

192

(51)

The Jefferson and Beaverhead Valleys (MT)

192

(5)

Camp Fortunate and Lemhi Pass (MT/ID)

197

(10)

Homeward Bound: Clark Explores the Big Hole (MT)

207

(3)

Lost Trail Pass and the Bitterroot Valley (ID/MT)

210

(4)

U.S. Highway 12 (MT/ID)

214

(8)

The Lolo Motorway (ID)

222

(7)

Weippe Prairie (ID)

229

(2)

The Canoe Camp and the Clearwater (ID)

231

(5)

Lodging

236

(2)

Camping

238

(1)

Restaurants

239

(4)

Washington and Oregon

243

(47)

The Snake River (WA)

243

(4)

Meeting the Columbia (WA)

247

(2)

Homeward Bound: The Land Route (WA)

249

(3)

The Columbia Plateau and The Dalles (WA/OR)

252

(4)

The Columbia River Gorge (WA/OR)

256

(11)

To the Pacific (WA/OR)

267

(6)

Fort Clatsop National Memorial (OR)

273

(4)

Seaside and Ecola State Park (OR)

277

(4)

Lodging

281

(3)

Camping

284

(2)

Restaurants

286

(4)

Epilogue

290

(5)

Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Signature Events

292

(2)

Selected Annual Events

294

(1)

Index

295

(13)

About the Author

308

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