38* 17'14.6256" (N), 085* 46'36.71093 (W) -- Lewis & Clark Park, Clarksville IN
N 38° 17.243 W 085° 46.612
16S E 606969 N 4238409
The Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Monument at Lewis & Clark Park, Falls of the Ohio SP, Clarksville IN features permanent geographic coordinates
Waymark Code: WM15TJ1
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 02/24/2022
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This plaque is affixed to a boulder in the Lewis and Clark Park parking area near the George Rogers Clark Homesite (William Clark's older brother). It's one of many interesting monuments, historical sites and displays at this location -- well worth a visit!
The plaque reads as follows:
"Trail of
LEWIS AND CLARK
The LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION started here
GEORGE ROGERS CLARK - Home Site
WILLIAM CLARK - Residence
October 26, 1803
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Capt. Meriwether Lewis traveled from Monticello and Washington D.C. to join Capt. William Clark, quartered here, a Surveyor and Cartographer, the Corp's nine recruits, Clark's slave York and Lewis's black Newfoundland dog seaman, to go on board a keelboat and a pirogue that set sail westward, down the Ohio River, destination Ft. Massac for the first 1803-04 winter encampment. Afterwards, they continued West up the Missouri River, crossing Indian nations, exploring the Louisiana territory and the American West
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PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION
LEWIS & CLARK BICENTENNIAL
2003-3006
CORPS OF DISCOVERY II
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NATIONAL SIGNATURE EVENT
CLARKSVILLE, INDIANA
October 14 to 26, 2003
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CABIN CORPS OF DISCOVERY
NATIONAL SPACIAL REFERENCE SYSTEM MONUMENT
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors (ISPLS)
ISPL'S Initial Point Chapter
Convened here at George Rogers Clark Home Site, October 26, 2003, to dedicate this monument marker with a 4 inch diameter engraved brass tablet stamped:
"PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP" - CORPS OF DISCOVERY
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LATITUDE 38* 17'14.6256" (N) LONGITUDE 085* 46'36.71093 (W) NAD 83 (1997)
ELEVATION 430.054 Ft. (NAVD 1988)
The exact geographic location was determined via satellite placed Global Positioning System (GPS) that is part of a National, and World-wide Spatial Reference System (NSRS)
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Clarksville Historical Society
Town of Clarksville
Falls of the Ohio State Park, Indiana
Elmer L. Hoehn Family"
Type of structure: Sign
Difference between the post coordinates and your GPSr reading:
none
Reason for the coordinates: to mark the starting point of the Lewis & Clark Expedition of 1803
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