Tree dedicated to the Bicentennial launching of the Lewis & Clark Expedition - Lewis and Clark Trail on Waymarking.com

On August 31, 1803, Captain Meriweather Lewis launched the boat from the area near this tree to begin the 3 year Lewis and Clark Expedition. The marker says:
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION
DEDICATED TO THE UNDAUNTED COURAGE
OF THE CORPS OF DISCOVERY
200TH ANNIVERSARY
1803--2003
IN COOPERATION WITH:
PA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
PA URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY COUNCIL
US FOREST SERVICE
MATTHEWS BRONZE

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The site is near Heinz Field and the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers.

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