Lewis and Clark Trail Inventory: North Dakota
Signs, Statues, and Markers
By Kristopher K. TownsendUS National Park Service (LCNHT)
This page is an inventory of sites commemorating the Lewis and Clark journey in the present state of North Dakota. In mid-October 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition entered North Dakota camping near Beaver Creek above Fort Yates. North of Bismarck, they would spend the winter at the Knife River Villages. In April 1805, they continued their trek across the state. They returned on their way home in 1806.
In 2009, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail of the U.S. National Park Service conducted an inventory of Lewis and Clark-related interpretive panels, signs, markers, and some statuary. The results of that survey have been compiled into a database and presented here by Kris Townsend. For other regions, see Lewis and Clark Trail Inventory. If you have more current photos and new sites to include, please contact editor@trailresearch.org and we will update this inventory.