Expedition place · November 11, 1803 – November 16, 1803
Ohio-Mississippi confluence
2 journal entries · Recorded by Meriwether Lewis
NPS High Potential Historic Site: Confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers (opens in a new tab)
Terrain360 · the place today
Ohio-Mississippi confluence in 360°
10 frames across 1.6 mi of the route around this location
The journal entries written here
November 1803
Nov 11
Meriwether Lewis: November 11, 1803
Meriwether Lewis
“11th November— Arived at Massac engaged George Drewyer in the public service as an Indian Interpretter, contracted to pay him 25 Dollars…”
Nov 16
Meriwether Lewis: November 16, 1803
Meriwether Lewis
“Novr 16th Passed the Miss[iss]ippi this day and went down on the other side after landing at the upper habitation on the…”
Nights the Corps camped here
- Nov 14 – Nov 19, 1803 junction point mouth Ohio River on Mississippi River, IL Entries for Nov 14 – Nov 19, 1803
- Nov 20, 1803 left shore, 6 mi up Mississippi, IL (location uncertain, per NPS)
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino; Harlan where he is the only source). Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
