Eagle Days
US Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District Website
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Each winter, bald eagles leave their northern breeding grounds and migrate south along the Mississippi River. Searching for open water and a plentiful food source, many eagles call Clarksville home during the winter months.
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Every winter Clarksville holds its annual Eagle Days celebration. This popular event features bald eagle viewing and photography, along with eagle exhibits, childrens activities, and live eagle shows.
Watch for aerial displays as bald eagles hunt for fish in the open water below Lock and Dam No. 24. When they are not hunting, eagles can be found perched in trees along the river as they rest before their next meal.
Erected by US Army Corps of Engineers and City of Clarksville.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Waterways & Vessels.
Location. 39° 22.285′ N, 90° 54.224′ W. Marker is in Clarksville, Missouri, in Pike County. It is at the intersection of 1st Street and Howard Street, on the right when traveling north on 1st Street. Monument is in Riverfront Park.
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Regionally, this marker is in Missouri’s Mark Twain Country. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Great Flood of 73 Volunteer Flood Fighters (a few steps from this marker); Living with Floods (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Pleasant Hill Area Veteran Memorial Flag Pole (approx. 5.2 miles away in Illinois); Site of First Building in Pleasant Hill (approx. 5½ miles away in Illinois); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.6 miles away in Illinois); Veterans Victory Park (approx. 7.8 miles away in
More about this marker. Marker has limited historical information but is part of a series along the riverfront.
Also see . . . Welcome to the Mississippi River Winter Eagle Watch!. Greater River website entry (Submitted on September 17, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
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Credits. This page was last revised on April 10, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 17, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 386 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 17, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
