St. Louis Archives - Lewis & Clark Research Database https://research.lewisandclarktrust.org/topic/st-louis/ A digital archive of treaties, documents, artwork, and 360° trail panoramas from the Corps of Discovery Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:46:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 River Bluffs, 1320 Miles above St. Louis https://research.lewisandclarktrust.org/art/river-bluffs-1320-miles-above-st-louis/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:46:26 +0000 https://research.lewisandclarktrust.org/art/river-bluffs-1320-miles-above-st-louis/ On his long river voyage of 1832, George Catlin painted dream-like views of sunlit bluffs on the upper Missouri that preserve a now-lost world. Indians had shaped this landscape by...

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]]> On his long river voyage of 1832, George Catlin painted dream-like views of sunlit bluffs on the upper Missouri that preserve a now-lost world. Indians had shaped this landscape by setting fires that curbed tree growth; when the Indians were gone, so were the “beautiful clear-cut outlines of these billowy slopes.”

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