We took a bridge over the Mississippi River as we left La Crosse, WI - and then continued West – through the farmlands of Minnesota – ending in Sioux Falls, in the southeast corner of South Dakota.
The next day, from a high bluff overlooking the Missouri River, near Chamberlin, SD, we saw the place where Lewis & Clark had camped both on their way west in 1804 and on their return in 1806. President Thomas Jefferson had dispatched them on this remarkable voyage of discovery. Their mission was two-fold -- to find a waterway passage through America’s newly acquired Louisiana Purchase and to make a comprehensive scientific study of the geography, plants and animals of this vast new continent. Theirs was a great feat of exploration. To learn more, check out Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose.
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