My last stop with a Lewis & Clark connection was Floyd's Bluff near Sioux City, Iowa. Sergeant Floyd was the only member of the expedition to die during the trip. The suspicion is that he died from appendicitis. After his death, the crew buried him on the highest nearby bluff along the river. The river under mined his original burial site. This monument stands a couple hundred yards from that site.
I only just finished reading Stephen Ambrose's biography of Meriweather Lewis in January. It's been really interesting to stop by a some of the related sites while the info was relatively fresh in my mind.
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