Lewis And Clark Commemorative Marks

[+seventhings]

I have had the opportunity to "recover" the Lewis and Clark commemorative disks at Monticello, Harpers Ferry and the US Mint in Philadelphia. Looks like I'll be taking a trip to the St Louis area in October, and I would like to visit as many of the commemoratives as possible. Does anybody have the handheld coordinates or detailed descriptions (the NGS site is rather vauge re most of the disks) for the following:

 

Louisville, KY

Clarksville, IN

St Louis (at the park)

St Louis (is there a disk at/near the Arch?)

Wood River/Camp DuBois, IL

St Charles, MO

Washington, MO

Have I missed any east of Washington, MO

 

FYI - here are the coords/locations for the three that I've found:

 

Monticello, Charlottesville, VA = N38-00.593 W078-27.215, see HW0496 for a verbal description.

 

Harpers Ferry, WV - N39-19.384 W077-43.716. See JV3935 for a verbal description. This mark has its own PID=DF4764 in the NGS database, and lists adjusted coordinates of N38-19-22.88900 w077-43-42.93462.

 

US Mint, Philadelphia, PA - N39-57.173 W075-08.893. See JU0725 for the verbal description.

 

Thanks all

Will

[Wild T2]

No coordinates, but the Clarksville Indiana marks are in the Falls of the Ohio State Park.

 

Here is a map.

http://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/maps/fallsohio_trail.pdf

 

There is a small disk near the historical marker at the Clark Cabin Site and boat ramp.

Access to the boat ramp may be a problem.

http://www.in.gov/serv/presscal?PF=dnr&Clist=11&Elist=81518

 

The big disk is near the sign for the Interpretive Center.

 

More and other info at…

http://www.fallsoftheohio.org/

Edited August 18, 2004 by Wild T2

[+gnbrotz]

The coords for the mark located at the Missouri History Museum (In Forest Park) are:

 

N 38° 38.743'

W 090° 17.135'

[+GEO*Trailblazer 1]

Well since I had the Honors of Doing the Lewis and Clark Events Across Missouri,

I have a few.

The First Disc at St. Louis is at Forest Park at Gbrotz coordinates

The Second Disc at the Arch has not been set yet and will be on the return trip.

 

The Disc at Camp River Dubois,Illinoisis:

38* 48.112

90* 06.183

429'

It is NE from the Reconstructed Fort,

SW from the Interpretive center.

 

The one at ST. Charles Missouri is:

38* 46.400

90* 28.926

445'

At the apex of an angle formed by the road and the sidewalk,near the Flagpole at the Boat House.

 

The one At Washington Missouri is:

38* 33.660

91* 00.614

492'

It is in the Main park in the NW part of a Memorial, east of the Flagpole.

 

I do not have coordinates yet for Jefferson City,Mo.

or Kansas City,but it as at the park downtown near the Flagpole.

 

The Next one is at :

4th of July Creek,Nebraska,Near Atchison.

39* 37.242

95* 05.652

788'

Fourth Of July Creek has it own place,It is one of the only things Lewis and Clark named that still has its Original Name.

Hope this helps.

I am on the way to get the other's soon all the way to the coast and back,so if you beat me,let me know and all of us here the other coordinates.

 

Untill then,

Happy.............................................................Geotrails

[+rogbarn]

St Louis (is there a disk at/near the Arch?)

Yes, but it is an older one, not a Lewis & Clark one.

 

As GEO*Trailblazer said, one will be put there in 2006 at the end of the expedition.

 

The NGS has a good web site with the list of places and schedule of the major markers. It's at Signature Sites Schedule

 

Also, check out: News from Lewis and Clark Events which lists most (all?) Lewis & Clark markers including several that I did not know about:

Kaw Point, KS - June 26, 2004

The United States Mint at Denver - March 15, 2004

Western Governors Association Meeting - February 22, 2004

 

Edited to add NGS info

Edited August 19, 2004 by rogbarn

[+GEO*Trailblazer 1]

These may be helpful links to the next Signature events

 

FIRST TRIBAL COUNCIL

 

SOUTH DAKOTA SIGNATURE EVENT

SOUTH DAKOTA

 

NORTH DAKOTA SIGNATURE EVENT

NORTH DAKOTA

 

SIGNATURE EVENT MONTANA

MONTANA

 

SIGNATURE EVENT OREGON

OCIAN OREOGON

 

SIGNATURE EVENT IDAHO

IDAHO

 

SIGNATURE EVENT BILLINGS MONTANA

BILLINGS MONTANA

 

SIGNATURE EVENT NEW TOWN NORTH DAKOTA

NEW TOWN NORTH DAKOTA

 

ST. LOUIS SIGNATURE EVENT

GREATER ST LOUIS SIGNATURE EVENT

[+seventhings]

Wild T2

gnbrotz

Geo*Trailblazer 1

rogbarn

 

Thanks for the info. It'll save me many steps while I'm on a very tight schedule.

 

Thanks again.

 

will

[+bigredmed]

You can probably catch them along the way as they get grounded alot. Perhaps you could use your GPS to find shallows in the river and email them the locations and dates found.

 

They were going to park the boats in Boyer Chute, and ended up having to park them in the river as the chute was too shallow for their keels and propellers (yep, no polling for these guys...)

 

Was part of the HAM support for the group as it moved from Omaha to Ft Calhoun for the first tribal council.

 

Also, might think about event caches or some other way of hooking geocaching onto the events. Given the mobs of people who showed up for the FTC, a funny one might be "How Far to Parking?" and set a VC at the far end of the farthest parking lot at each of the next signature events.

[+rogbarn]

The NGS has posted details about the dedication of the geodetic commemorative marker at Omaha/Ft. Collins here. You can find the exact coordinates of the marker in this photo of the plaque next to the marker.