On our way to Sioux City, Nebraska, we stopped at the Lewis & Clark State Park where we met a guy who took his whole life savings ($150,000) and built a replica of the Keelboat & Pirogue Boats.
He and his wife spent 3 months on it traveling some of Lewis & Clark’s trail and the boat is not on display at the state park. Before ending the tour, he shot the black powder canon located on the back of the Keelboat. The shot was very loud and many of our group did not get a good picture because they jumped from the loud boom. I was videotaping and was pleasantly surprised to see that I was able to hold the camera steady. Must be all that experience Alicia has given me with her company. 
Once we reached our RV park in Sioux City, Nebraska, we hopped in our cars over the bridge to Sioux City, Omaha to tour the Sergeant Floyd River Museum, Sergeant Floyd Monument and the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.
The River Museum had a steamship that we were able to walk thru and inside was a replica of Sergeant Floyd. One of his ancestors is pictured next to the replica and the resemblance shows that they did a really good job replicating his face.
Sergeant Floyd was the only one in the expedition who died. It is believed that he died of appendicitis. He was buried three times. Originally he was buried and when the expedition was on their return trip, they think the Indians dug him up. So they buried him again and then the river eroded his grave and exposed his bones so they moved him. He is now at his resting place on a hill with a monument that looks like a miniature Washington Monument.
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