*THIS GEOCACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES*
This GeoArt is to celebrate Missouri turning 200 years old this year. What better way to celebrate the Bicentennial!!
MISSOURI BECOMES THE 24TH STATE ADMITTED INTO THE UNITED STATES AUGUST 10, 1821.
You will learn about some famous Missourian's while solving this GeoArt.
My great grandfather (3X) Ezekial Williams traveled with Lewis & Clark for a portion of their journey. Sacagawea is best known for her association with the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–06). A Shoshone woman, she accompanied the expedition as an interpreter and traveled with them for thousands of miles from St Louis, Missouri, to territories of the Louisiana Purchase.
Her husband, Toussaint Charbonneau, was hired as an interpreter and took Sacajawea along. Pregnant, she was allowed to join the party as an unofficial member because the captains thought she would be useful to help in communicating with some of the Indian tribes they met and also in obtaining horses from her native tribe, the Shoshone. In August 1806, Captain Clark wrote to Charbonneau and invited him to come to St. Louis and bring his family, or to send Jean Baptiste, their son, to Clark for schooling.
Charbonneau and Sacajawea accepted the offer and lived near St. Louis for a time. In March 1811, however, Charbonneau sold his land back to Clark and returned to the Dakotas with Sacajawea. Their son remained in St. Louis in the care of Cpt. Clark, who was the Indian Agent of the Louisiana Purchase at that time.
Where did Sacajawea start the journey with Lewis & Clark
A. N 38° 25.732 W 93° 22.849 St. Joseph
B. N38° 24.371' W093° 21.296 St. Louis
C. N 38° 24.788 W 93° 22.505 Hannibal