Captain William Clark and Private Reuben Field
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gparkes
N 41° 15.684 W 095° 55.420
15T E 255075 N 4571898
Quick Description: This marker, situated just off the Missouri River in Omaha, remembers an event with the Lewis & Clark/Corps of Discovery expedition.
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 6/26/2009 7:05:26 AM
Waymark Code: WM6NE9
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Long Description:
Captain William Clark and Private Reuben Field
On July 27, 1804, Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery left
their "White Catfish" camp and proceeded up the Missouri River.
After traveling some distance, Clark "took one man R. Field and
walked on Shore with a View of Examoning Som mounds" on the
Nebraska side. He found the mounds "of Deffirent hight Shape &
Size, Som Composed of Sand Some earth & sand....all of which
covered about 200 acres." The mounds may have been the remains of
earthlodges, which served as dwellings for Oto Indians who had
formerly lived nearby, or they may have been natural. Most were
located between what in now Farnam, Davenport, Eight, and Eleventh
streets of downtown Omaha. Clark and Field did not reach the
evening campsite, near present day Eppley Airfield, until after
dark.
The next morning the expedition proceeded on. On August 3 Lewis
and Clark met with Oto and Missouria Indians at a place the
captains named "Council Bluff," near present day Fort Calhoun,
Nebraska. It later became the site of Fort Atkinson.
Mouth of the Platte Chapter, Lewis and Clark Heritage Foundation,
Inc.
Nebraska State Historical Society