You’ve got to visit the Skinwalker Ranch in Utah. Do some primitive camping in the canyons there. You’ll have a fun night!
Unfortunately for me, I read this after my family did its USA tour in 1991. I only crossed their path once. I wish I could have seen more of what L&C saw.
I would also recommend Lewis & Clark / Voyage of Discovery which is a photographic version of the Ambrose book with photos by Sam Abell.
ML/NJ
Read Undaunted Courage. Great book.
We’ve done bunches of trips like this. I think the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper WY is the best of the various museums.
I wanna go. :-(
In Ft Pierre, SD, where the Bad River dumps into the Misouri River, there is a marker where L&C were forced to spend 3 days giving gifts to the Sioux indians before they were allowed to continue North. Two years later, on their way back, they were told to stop and give up more trinkets but with the fast moving current they flipped them off and kept going.
The site of the Verndrye marker is also in Ft Pierre. The Verndrye brothers buried a lead plate in the 1700’s claiming the land for France which became the Louisiana Purchase. The plate was found by some kids digging on a Ft Pierre hiltop in the 1920’s.
I grew up in Pierre.
When you’re in South Dakota, make sure you visit the Badlands. There is a campsite or two that is away from the main part of the park that is awesome to spend a day or two in - if only to interact with the wild roaming herds of Bison. And Boot Hill in Deadwood, especially Wild Bill and Calamity Jane’s graves (for the historical significance).