As you journey along the Lewis & Clark
Trail... stop in Fort Benton, home of the State of Montana's
Lewis & Clark Memorial. The heroic sized statue is located
on Fort Benton's steamboat levee, next to the Missouri
River. The statue commemorates the Lewis & Clark Expedition
and the days they spent at the mouth of Maria's River
determining the route to the Pacific Ocean.
The heroic sized statue by renowned western artist Bob
Scriver, depicts Lewis, Clark and Sacagawea with her infant
son. The memorial commemorates the nine days the Corps of
Discovery camped at the confluence of the Marias River and
Missouri River while exploration determined which river was
actually the Missouri and the way to the Pacific.
Walk along the river shore where Lewis and Clark and the
Corps of Discovery once walked. Visit the site
near the old river crossing, along the walking trail, across
from Old Fort Park, where Capt. Lewis, Drouillard, and the
Field brothers met Sgt. Ordway's party on the Missouri River
July 1806.
Take the short drive to the Camp Decision scenic overlook,
near the community of Loma. Here, at the mouth of the
Missouri River and Marias River, the Corps of Discovery made
the decision "Which Way to the Pacific". |
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