This short trail leads to two overlooks that offer views of a natural, free-flowing segment of the Missouri River. Here, the river still meanders through the countryside much as it did in Lewis and Clark's day. At the first overlook, exhibits . . . — — Map (db m15114) HM
The Missouri, the continent's longest river, figures prominently in the unfolding of America's saga. Flowing nearby in its 2,341-mile course from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi, the Big Muddy is not only loaded with sediment but steeped in . . . — — Map (db m15113) HM
The American Indians who life here on the bottomlands 1,000 to 600 years ago were unlike their 19th-century descendants in several ways.
Instead of roaming the Great Plains and living in portable hide-covered tepees, they settled in villages . . . — — Map (db m315596) HM
The Missouri flows free for 59 miles below Gavins Point Dam and fro 39 miles below Fort Randall Dam. These sections of the Missouri National Recreational River provide glimpses of the once undammed, unchannelized river that played a major role in . . . — — Map (db m315598)
On August, 24, 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, traveling up the Missouri River, passed a bluff about 180 to 190 feet high. Clark wrote that it appeared to have been on fire and was still very hot. He also detected signs of coal and what looked . . . — — Map (db m155542) HM
Bur oak, basswood, boxelder, green ash - these are some of the trees in the ribbon of woods along the Missouri River bluffs. This assemblage, known as the eastern deciduous forest is uncommon on Nebraska's Great Plains because of the plant's . . . — — Map (db m315563) HM
On August 22, 1804, across the river near present-day Elk Point, South Dakota, the members of the expedition voted to have Patrick Gass serve as their new sergeant. Displaying their consensus-building skills, Lewis and Clark honored the men's wishes . . . — — Map (db m315574) HM
Ponca, one of northeast Nebraska’s earliest communities, was platted in 1856 by Frank West and laid out by Dr. Solomon B. Stough. The town was named for the Ponca Indian tribe that inhabited the area when the first white settlers arrived. The . . . — — Map (db m206794) HM
This region was first inhabited by prehistoric Indians. When French traders and trappers explored the river in the early 1700's, the Ioway Indians occupied this area. Later explorers, such as Lewis and Clark, also traveled the Missouri. White . . . — — Map (db m170764) HM
The Missouri, the continent’s longest river figures prominently in the unfolding of America's saga. Flowing nearby in its 2,341-mile course from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi, the Big Muddy is not only loaded with sediment but steeped in . . . — — Map (db m315581) HM
In 1804-1806, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the Corps of Discovery on an epic journey. Charged by President Thomas Jefferson to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean through the newly acquired Louisiana territory, they mapped the . . . — — Map (db m315594) HM
Present-day Ponca, Nebraska, is near the first village built by the Ponca in the early 1600s after they separated from the Omaha and became their own tribe. Like the Omaha, they lived in semi-permanent earth lodge villages, planted corn, and hunted . . . — — Map (db m315559) HM
During the summer of 1804, the river below looked very different. Unlike today's course controlled by dams and dikes, the Missouri River that Lewis and Clark knew flowed wild and erratic . Strong currents floated branches embedded logs, submerged . . . — — Map (db m315568) HM
