October 3-15: History buffs, students of all ages, families, and others who want to have a fun way to learn more about the 1803-04 Lewis and Clark Expedition will have a grand opportunity in early October.  A replica of the explorers’ keelboat will be on display October 3 in Omaha, Neb., and then make its way 121 miles down the Missouri River, stopping along several communities, with a final stop at Kaw Point, Kansas City, KS, where the Missouri and Kansas Rivers join.

Crewing the keelboat will be living-history reenactors in buckskin or uniforms. They will teach about the expedition, carry firelocks, cook over open campfires, sleep under canvas tents, and portray the lifestyle of the explorers as close as is possible in our modern world.

The Missouri River journey is presented by the Lewis & Clark Boat House and Museum in St. Charles. The reenactors are members of the Lewis & Clark Discovery Expedition of St. Charles, which operates the Boat House and Museum. The group has more than 100 reenactors who teach heritage through living history. About 40 volunteers are involved in planning and executing the river expedition.

October 13: The boat moves downriver from Atchison to the historic Lewis and Clark Riverfront Park at Kaw Point, a riverside park in Kansas City, Kansas. It arrives by 6 p.m. and is open for the public at that time.

October 14: The keelboat and reenactors will be at the riverfront park at Kaw Point—but leaving by noon—and available to students and the public. Kaw Point is the area where the Lewis and Clark explorers camped from June 26 to June 29, 1804, at the confluence of the Missouri and Kaw rivers.