Allied Site

Fort Atkinson State Historical Park

Fort Calhoun, NE, United States
Website nps.gov/places/fort-atkinson-state-historical-park.htm

Site of “Council Bluffs” where Lewis and Clark held their first council with Native Americans — the Otoe-Missouria Nation — on August 3, 1804. Features a replica fort with living history.

Nearby Journal Entries

Aug 4 1804
Clark: August 4, 1804
Missouri River near Soldier River
Aug 5 1804
Clark: August 5, 1804
Missouri River near Soldier River
Aug 5 1804
Lewis: August 5, 1804
Missouri River near Soldier River
Aug 6 1804
Clark: August 6, 1804
Missouri River near Soldier River
Aug 7 1804
Clark: August 7, 1804
Missouri River near Soldier River
Aug 8 1804
Clark: August 8, 1804
Missouri River near Soldier River
Aug 8 1804
Lewis: August 8, 1804
Missouri River near Soldier River
Aug 9 1804
Clark: August 9, 1804
Missouri River near Soldier River

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Academy of Natural Sciences — Lewis & Clark Herbarium

Philadelphia, PA

American Museum of Natural History — Lewis & Clark Sculptures

New York, NY

Bad Mergentheim Castle — Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau in Germany

Bad Mergentheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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