| Clark's
Hill/Norton State Historical Site - the official name of the park
- is just east of Osage City. The 13 acre wooded hill was donated
to the state of Missouri by William and Carol Norton. The park opened
in time for the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial in 2004. As the map
indicates, the Corps camped here on June 1-2 then again on its return
on Sept 19, 1806. Clark climbed the hill June 2 and discovered two
Indian mounds. They are still there but impossible to see in a photograph
under a tangled growth of brush and trees. The sign, above, at the
sight describes the mound construction and purpose. The Osage River
now meets the Missouri far downstream from where Clark viewed it from
the hilltop. |
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