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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Preface | |
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| Map Legend | |
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| How to Use This Book | |
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| Suggested Itineraries | |
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| When to Go | |
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| Touring with a Group-Or on Your Own? | |
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| How to Travel | |
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| Where to Stay, What to Eat | |
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| What to Pack | |
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| Traveling with Kids | |
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| What to Read, Watch, and Hear | |
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| Tending the Trail | |
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| State Tourism Offices | |
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| A Note on Spelling | |
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| Is This Book Out of Date? | |
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| Selected Annual Events | |
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| The Corps of Discovery: A Brief History and Overview | |
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| The Eastern Legacy | |
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| Monticello (VA) | |
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| Washington, D.C. | |
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| Harpers Ferry (WV) | |
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| Preparations in Pennsylvania | |
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| Down the Ohio, to the Falls (WV, OH, IN, KY) | |
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| Pressing on toward St. Louis (KY, IL) | |
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| Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas | |
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| Camp River Dubois and Cahokia (IL/MO) | |
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| St. Louis (MO) | |
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| St. Charles (MO) | |
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| The Shakedown Cruise (MO) | |
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| Arrow Rock and Fort Osage (MO) | |
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| Kansas City (MO) | |
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| Lewis and Clark State Park and Weston Bend State Park (MO) | |
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| Independence Creek (KS) | |
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| Lodging | |
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| Camping | |
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| Restaurants | |
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| Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota | |
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| Indian Cave State Park-Brownville State Recreation Area (NE) | |
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| Omaha, Council Bluffs, and Fort Atkinson (IA/NE) | |
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| Lewis and Clark State Park (IA) | |
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| Blackbird Hill (NE) | |
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| Sioux City and Sergeant Floyd (IA) | |
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| Spirit Mound (SD) | |
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| Rivers and Lakes: The Nebraska-South Dakota Border | |
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| The Big Bend, Pierre, and the Teton Council Site (SD) | |
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| The Lake Oahe Region (SD) | |
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| Lodging | |
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| Camping | |
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| Restaurants | |
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| North Dakota and Eastern Montana | |
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| Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park (ND) | |
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| Fort Mandan (ND) | |
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| Knife River Indian Villages (ND) | |
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| Lake Sakakawea Country (ND) | |
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| The Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence (ND/MT) | |
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| Homeward Bound: Clark on the Yellowstone River (MT) | |
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| The Hi-Line (MT) | |
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| Lodging | |
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| Camping | |
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| Restaurants | |
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| Central Montana | |
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| Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument | |
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| The Marias River and Fort Benton | |
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| Homeward Bound: Camp Disappointment, the Two Medicine Fight Site | |
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| Great Falls | |
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| Homeward Bound: Lewis Finds a Shortcut | |
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| Gates of the Mountains | |
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| Three Forks of the Missouri | |
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| Lodging | |
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| Camping | |
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| Restaurants | |
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| Western Montana and Idaho | |
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| The Jefferson and Beaverhead Valleys (MT) | |
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| Camp Fortunate and Lemhi Pass (MT/ID) | |
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| Homeward Bound: Clark Explores the Big Hole (MT) | |
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| Lost Trail Pass and the Bitterroot Valley (ID/MT) | |
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| U.S. Highway 12 (MT/ID) | |
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| The Lolo Motorway (ID) | |
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| Weippe Prairie (ID) | |
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| The Canoe Camp and the Clearwater (ID) | |
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| Lodging | |
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| Camping | |
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| Restaurants | |
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| Washington and Oregon | |
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| The Snake River (WA) | |
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| Meeting the Columbia (WA) | |
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| Homeward Bound: The Land Route (WA) | |
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| The Columbia Plateau and The Dalles (WA/OR) | |
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| The Columbia River Gorge (WA/OR) | |
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| To the Pacific (WA/OR) | |
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| Fort Clatsop (OR) | |
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| Seaside and Ecola State Park (OR) | |
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| Lodging | |
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| Camping | |
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| Restaurants | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |