Lewis and Clark. 1803 - St. Louis at Last!

Continuing float down the Ohio River, Lewis and Clark leave Louisville in late October intending to arrive in the St. Louis area at the mouth of the Missouri River by winter. Their keelboat and canoes stop at river settlements like Shawneetown, Fort Massac (Paducah) and then at Kaskaskia and Cahokia along side the Mississippi River. A major historical find, the Cahokia Mounds burial and ceremonial grounds loom on the east side of the Mississippi nine miles from St. Louis City. As winter arrives the co-captains direct their nearly complete Corps of Discovery to a camp outside St. Louis on the Wood River (Camp Dubois). (HD, 17 min.)