Welcome to Steamboat Park!

Welcome to Steamboat Park! Steamboat Park is located next to the Great Missouri, on which Meriwether Lewis and William Clark traveled during their Journey to the Pacific Ocean. Lewis and Clark's travels through this area have been concidered as one of the most pivotal moments in the history of the Lewis and Clark expedition. It was just across the river where the expedition met with the Teton Sioux and conflict arose. With no interpreter on either side, tensions strained from the lack of communication, leading to several misunderstandings over the intent of the expedition. After several days of intense meetings with the Tetons and a few confrontations, the corps finally continued upriver., The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Trail spans 26 miles between the Oahe Dam in Stanley County and Farm Island Recreation Area in Hughes County., On May 21 of 1804 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led "The Corps of Discovery" on an adventure that would map a new route from St. Louis to the Pacific. The two year journey took Lewis and Clark some 8000 miles through the Upper Midwest and Northwest United States passing through this area. Lewis and Clark's expedition to the Pacific Ocean laid the groundwork for westward expansion in the United States.