Journal entry · June 15, 1804
Missouri River near Jefferson City area — John Ordway: June 15, 1804
John Ordway · Missouri River near Jefferson City area · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Missouri River near Jefferson City area
passed high Land on South Side of the River we passed Indian
Creek little above we stopped at 12 O.C. to eat dinner & for
Cap1 Lewis to take the Meridian altitude &C. We camped on
the N. Side of this R. their is Beautiful high Good praries on
the South Side pleasantest place I have ever Seen, their is five
Islands & a nomber of Sand bars in the River about this place,
and the Current is exceedingly Rapid all this day. the afore-
said prarie is called village Lapero,3 formerly Ind Town
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The NPS atlas for this night
left shore NE of Malta Bend, MO
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 13.3 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Van Meter State Park (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 4.3 mi
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
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