Expedition place · August 10, 1804
Missouri River near present-day Decatur, Nebraska
4 journal entries · 1 analysis · Recorded by William Clark, Charles Floyd, Joseph Whitehouse, Patrick Gass
Terrain360 · the place today
Missouri River near present-day Decatur, Nebraska in 360°
10 frames across 1.5 mi of the route around this location
The journal entries written here
August 1804
Aug 10
Clark: August 10, 1804
William Clark
“The expedition continued up the Missouri River through present-day Nebraska. The men hunted and made observations of the surrounding prairie landscape. The…”
Aug 10
Charles Floyd: August 10, 1804
Charles Floyd
“Set out at errley ouer this morning prosed on passed a bad Sand bare Which is verry Shallow made 23 miles Camped…”
Aug 10
Joseph Whitehouse: August 10, 1804
Joseph Whitehouse
“the morning was clear the musquitoes was mighty trouble- some Untill The Sun Rose to Some hight. Camp*^ On the E. S.…”
Aug 10
Patrick Gass: August 10, 1804
Patrick Gass
“on the south side, and encamped on the north.”
Nights the Corps camped here
- Aug 9, 1804 right shore, 3 mi WNW of Onawa, IA Entries for Aug 9, 1804
- Sep 5, 1806 bar, 3 mi SW of Onawa, IA Entries for Sep 5, 1806
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino; Harlan where he is the only source). Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
