[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 144 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 144

To express support for an interpretive site near Wood River, Illinois, 
      as the point of departure of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 6, 1997

Mr. Durbin (for himself and Ms. Moseley-Braun) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                               Resources

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                               RESOLUTION


 
To express support for an interpretive site near Wood River, Illinois, 
      as the point of departure of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Whereas President Thomas Jefferson selected Meriwether Lewis and William Clark 
        to be co-leaders of an expedition to explore the Missouri and Columbia 
        rivers;
Whereas Lewis and Clark staged their epic journey at the confluence of the 
        Mississippi and Missouri Rivers in December, 1803;
Whereas they camped for the winter at the mouth of Wood River, on the Illinois 
        side of the Mississippi, opposite the entrance to the Missouri River;
Whereas the 2 captains recruited young woodsmen and enlisted soldiers who 
        volunteered from nearby Army outposts, selecting a roster of 
        approximately 45 men for the expedition;
Whereas Meriwether Lewis recorded that the mouth of the Wood River was ``to be 
        considered the point of departure'' for 1 of the most important journeys 
        into the American West; and
Whereas the bicentennial of this monumental expedition will be observed 
        beginning in 2003: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) expresses its support for an interpretive site near 
        Wood River, Illinois, as the point of departure of the Lewis 
        and Clark Expedition;
            (2) expresses its support for the people of Illinois in 
        recognizing the site as a site of monumental historical impact; 
        and
            (3) calls on the President, the Secretary of the Interior, 
        the Director of the National Park Service, other public 
        officials, and the people of the United States to support and 
        promote the site near Wood River, Illinois, as the starting 
        point of 1 of the greatest journeys in American history.
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