Friday, May 21, 2021 (continued)
*On 7/21/1804, the Corps of Discovery reached the mouth of the Platte River and noted its roiling motion caused by build-up and dissipation of sand bars.*
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Since we could not access the confluence of the Platte
and Missouri Rivers, we had to be satisfied with a look
at the Platte River that did appear to have a sandy bed |
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Bellevue, NE: Haworth Park: Lewis & Clark Historical Marker,
the expedition went way over budget (cost of $39,000
when they were appropriated $2,500), they managed
to spend $5 per mile - I wonder how we will do? |
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Haworth Park: National Children's Lewis & Clark
Interpretive Art Wall (2004, by 172 children from the
ten states along the expedition route) |
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From the Middle Missouri (KSS)
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| From the Middle Missouri |
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| From the Middle Missouri |
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| From the High Plains (KSS) |
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| From the Upper Missouri (KSS) |
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| From the Continental Divide |
*On 7/22/1804, the Corps of Discovery camped on the east side of the Missouri River. One of the men caught a fish that inspired the name of the camp: White Catfish Camp.* |
| Passerina cyanea/Indigo Bunting, must be breeding season |
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Bellevue, NE: Fontenelle Forest Boardwalk Trail
did not have any Lewis & Clark markers (KSS) |
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| Odontotaenuis disjunctus/Horned Passalus Beetle (KSS) |
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| Fontenelle Forest "wildlife observation tower" |
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Although we are on the west side of the Missouri, this area
on an oxbow lake is assumed to look like White Catfish Camp |
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What?! The Western Historic Trails Center in
Council Bluffs, IA is closed! |
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24th Street Bridge over Interstate-80 acts as a gateway to
both Council Bluffs and Iowa, with sculptures titled
Paley's Odyssey (2010, by Albert Paley) is supposed to be
symbolic of man, machine and transformation - a modern
relic representative of an area with rich agricultural history |
From a distance it looked like anti-aircraft guns, then closer it resembled giant Edward Scissorhands hands. Up close: ?
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Council Bluffs, IA: Tom Hanafan's
River Edge Park: Looking Up (2015,
by Tom Friedman) is made of crushed
aluminum foil, roasting pans, and baking tins |
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| Looking Up detail (KSS) |
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Beauty of Diversity (by Jonathan Riggle);
the back side of an 'un' "map pin" to show
Council Bluffs pride, highlighting the
letters 'u' and 'n' in 'Council'
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Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge (2006-2008) connects
Council Bluffs, IA with Omaha, NE |
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| View of the Omaha skyline |
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| Kent straddles the Nebraska-Iowa border |
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| Now windblown Tamiko does the straddling (KSS) |
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| View of the Missouri River: are those spur dikes on the right? |
*On 7/27/1804, the Corps of Discovery looked for a place to camp with the benefit of shade.* |
We are now in Omaha, NE and this is the National Park
Service Midwest Regional Office that includes the
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Headquarters (closed)
at what is called Lewis and Clark Landing |
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| Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge is cable-stayed |
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| An interactive fountain was dry today |
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Are they suggesting that you bike the
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail? |
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| Omar the Troll lives under the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge |
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| Underneath the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge |
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Anemone canadensis/Meadow Anemone was
"discovered" by Lewis & Clark |
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Apparently it is the Robinia pseudoacacia/Black Locust
trees that are dropping white petals everywhere |
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Monument to Labor (2004, by Matthew Placzek) depicts
five workers surrounding a centerpiece of ladles from
the former Asarco refinery that was located near this spot |
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| Hispanic snack vendors |
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| A cucumber chili popsicle |
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Lincoln Memorial (1911) of Council Bluffs
commemorates the visit of Abraham Lincoln
who conferred with Grenville Mellen Dodge
in 1859 about the best route for a railroad
to the Pacific Ocean; later as President he
designated Council Bluffs as the eastern
terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad |
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| The view from the Lincoln Memorial towards Omaha |
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The Black Angel (1916-1918, by
Daniel Chester French) of the Ruth Anne Dodge
Memorial, a tribute to the wife of
Grenville Mellen Dodge by her daughters |
*On 7/28/1804, while hunting, George Drouillard met a Missouria Indian who reported that he was with an Otoe tribe. Plans were made for a council." |
| Council Bluffs, IA: Lewis & Clark Historical Marker |
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Lewis & Clark Monument (1936) commemorates the
1804 expedition of Lewis and Clark ... |
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| ... and their first council with the Otoe and Missouria tribes |
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Lewis & Clark Monument overlook; the Missouri River is
hidden by trees and just beyond is the Omaha Airport |
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| Another 'un' "map pin" (KSS) |
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Exploring the River Valley (2004,
by Yanna Synovia Ramaekers, Lynda
Ramaekers, Fran Ramaekers, Jr) |
Next: Lewis & Clark Trip Day 15.
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