Name/Title
Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Signs in the St. Joseph Area, 2004Entry/Object ID
AM2020.1.224Scope and Content
Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Signs in the St. Joseph Area, 2004. Copies of the plaqued signs that were installed along the Missouri River route of the Corps of Discovery as part of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial celebration in 2004.
St. Joseph Museum staff were on the Commission and helped to author and organize these signs and determine their location. These copies include the following signs, but may not be a complete set. These copies may or may not be the final versions. Locations of the signs are noted where known from markings on the copies. The dates that the Corps reached the point of the sign is usually listed above the map of the river route.
#224A = "excellent bottom land", below the Little Platte River.
Evening, Friday, June 29, 1804 & Monday, Sept. 15, 1806.
#224B = "Petite River Platte", Parkville, Saturday, June 30, 1804 & Monday, Sept. 15, 1806.
#224C = "Crouded with Drift wood", Weston Bend, Monday, July 2, 1804 & Sunday, Sept. 14, 1806.
#224D = "Bear Medison Island", Weston, Monday, July 2, 1804 & Sunday, Sept. 14, 1806.
#224E = "Cow Island", Iatan, Tuesday, July 3, 1806 & Sunday, Sept. 14, 1806.
#224F = "old village of the Kansa", Wednesday, July 4, 1804 & Sunday, Sept. 14, 1806.
#224G = "4th of July 1804", Atchison, Wednesday, July 4, 1804 & Sunday, Sept. 14, 1806.
#224H = "Jentell Brees", Jentell Breeze Conservation Area, Friday, July 6, 1804 & Saturday, Sept. 13, 1806.
#224I = "St. Michael's Prairie" St. Joseph Riverfront, Saturday, July 7, 1804 & Friday, Sept. 12, 1806.
#225J = "The Men of the Corps of Discovery", Wyeth Hill, Saturday, July 7, 1804 & Friday, Sept. 12, 1806.
#224K = "Provisions and 'spiritious licqour", Sunset Grill, Saturday, July 7, 1804 & Friday, Sept. 12, 1806.
#224L = "The Keelboat", French Bottoms, Saturday, July 7, 1804 & Friday, Sept. 12, 1806.
#224M = "Espyd. A wolf", Saturday, July 7, 1804 & Friday, Sept. 12, 1806.
#224N = "we proceeded on', Sunbridge Conservation Area. Sunday, July 8, 1804 & Thursday, Sept. 11, 1806.
#224O = 'Wolf River coms in", Monday, July 9, 1804 & Thursday, Sept. 11, 1806.
#224P = 'marked my name" Wednesday, July 11-12, 1804 & Thursday, Sept. 11, 1806.
#224Q = "called by the Indians Tar-ki-o", Wednesday, July 12-13, 1804 & Thursday, Sept. 11, 1806.
#224R = "The Platte Purchase", No date or place identfied.
#224S = "Missouri & Kansa Indians", No date or place identified.
#224T = "Joseph Robidoux at Roy's Branch", No date or place identified.
#224U = "The Missouri River Bottom Land", no date or place identified.
#224V = "Le Poste du Serpent Noir", (Black Snake Post of Joseph Robidoux". no date or place identified.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
SignNomenclature Sub-Class
Visual Communication DevicesNomenclature Class
Visual Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationSearch Terms
Lewis & Clark, Lewiis & Clark Bicentennial, Missouri Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Commission, Missouri River, Lewis & Clark Signposts, St. Joseph AreaRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Lewis, MeriwetherPerson or Organization
Clark, William C.
