Lewis and Clark Trail Inventory: Missouri
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 Missouri. In November 1803, the Lewis and Clark Expedition first entered what is now Missouri on an excursion from their camp at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. That winter, they established Camp River Dubois in Illinois and went to St. Louis, Missouri frequently. In May 1804, the boats embarked up the Missouri River crossing the state to present Kansas City, and then heading north along Kansas-Missouri border.
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.