Lewis and Clark in Illinois
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kodiak_62
N 37° 41.767 W 088° 08.110
16S E 399923 N 4172705
Lewis and Clark passed thru Old Shawneetown, Illinois in 1803.
Waymark Code: WM53FZ
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 11/05/2008
Views: 25
In the fall 1803, Captain Meriwether Lewis and William Clark passed this place with about twenty men on their way westward. At the confluence of the Wabash and Ohio Rivers, they first reached territory that is now the State of Illinois. The turned their boats south on the Ohio towards Fort Massac.
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Date Waymark Created: 10/01/2003
Do they allow dogs at this location?: Yes
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