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Lewis and Clark Boat House and Nature Center

Hours: Monday-Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm and Sunday Noon-5:00pm.
Closed on New Year's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

Entrance Fee:
Adults $2.50
Children under 17 $1.50
Group Rates are available (Groups of 15 or more).

Contact Us:
Bishop's Landing
1050 Riverside Drive
St. Charles, MO 63301
636-947-3199
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Lewis and Clark Heritage Days

Docked Boats

May 17-18, 2008

Begun by the South Main Preservation Society and now sponsored by the City of St. Charles, Lewis & Clark Heritage Days has been an annual event since 1979. It commemorates the time the Corps of Discovery spent in St. Charles in May of 1804, making final preparations for their journey.

Musical group the Peacocks

Come to Frontier Park, next to the Missouri River, to visit the camp of the Discovery Expedition of St. Charles, the group that reenacted the entire Lewis & Clark Expedition during the recently concluded Bicentennial. Their full-scale replica boats, which traveled the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers will be on display.

Crowd around dugouts

A time-line camp has other military units representing the time period from the French and Indian War up to the War of 1812. Craftspeople demonstrate some of the skills needed for survival and comfort 200 years ago. Food vendors offer fare from the time period. Children of all ages will have a chance to play some of the games their ancestors enjoyed.

The largest fife and drum muster west of the Mississippi provides stirring military music. Other musicians perform popular tunes of the time. A storyteller gives a gripping tale of life in an earlier time.

Come to St. Charles on May 17-18, 2008 to experience all these things and much more. For more information, email lewisandclarkmuseum@yahoo.com

Heritage Days Schedule

Saturday, May 17

9:30 AM Flag Raising Parade Ground

11:00 AM Parade Main Street

12:00 PM Morgan Horse Demonstration Parade Ground

1:00 PM Military Tactical Demonstration Parade Ground

2:00 PM John Dengler Memorial Parade Ground

Fife & Drum Muster

4:00 PM Artillery/Firearms Demonstration Artillery Park

5:00 PM Retreat & Flag Lowering Parade Ground

Sunday, May 18

9:00 AM Ecumenical Church Service Entertainment Tent

10:00 AM Flag Raising Parade Ground

12:00 PM Fife & Drum Corps Massed Bands Frontier Park/Main Street

12:30 PM Morgan Horse Demonstration Parade Ground

1:15 PM Artillery/Firearms Demonstration Artillery Park

1:30 PM Sperry M S Fiddlers Lewis and Clark Monument

2:00 PM Musket Reliability Match Military Camp

3:00 PM Tru Dengler Memorial Skillet Throw Military Camp

3:00 PM Fife & Drum Corps Massed Bands Main Street/Frontier Park

4:00 PM Retreat & Flag Lowering Parade Ground

Ongoing Activities

Period Music Entertainment Tent & Various Locations

Story Teller Entertainment Tent

Children’s Games Near KATY Depot

Crafts & Foods of 1804 Vendors’ Area

Camp Demonstrations Military Camp & Discovery Expedition Camp

Keelboat and Pirogues Discovery Expedition Camp/Bishop’s Landing/

Boat House

Directions to Frontier Park:

From I-70, take the Fifth Street exit in St. Charles.

Go north on Fifth Street to the second stoplight (Boone’s Lick Road).

Turn right on Boone’s Lick Road.

Cross Main Street and follow Riverside Drive.

Little girl in bonnet behind a row of potatoes

Next year's Heritage Days dates: May 16-17, 2009

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