First Steps Into the Louisiana Purchase - Charleston, Missouri
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N 36° 54.236 W 089° 21.096
16S E 290484 N 4086798
This Lewis and Clark Memorial interpretive site was built for the bicentennial of the beginning of the journey in 2003.
Waymark Code: WMEJY4
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/06/2012
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Located on Beaseley Park Road, this site is easily accessed from I-57, exit 10, just inside of Missouri if coming from Illinois.
"The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Visitors Center is located at Whipple Park in Charleston. This site features a black granite map, flags, and large mural paintings based on Meriwether Lewis' journal while camped at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers in 1803." source: (
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"Must Sees"at this location":
The granite map gives some sense of the amount of territory they covered, while the murals seem like they were taken from period journals.
Date Waymark Created: 11/16/2003
Do they allow dogs at this location?: Yes
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