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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Is This Book Out of Date?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 | |