Commissioned by the Greater St. Louis Community Foundation to mark the bicentennial of the end of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, this 22 foot tall bronze statue shows the return of William Clark and Meriwether Lewis to St. Louis in 1806.
After its initial placement in 2006, flooding of the Mississippi River often led to the sight of the partially submerged statue with Clark waving his hat as in distress. In 2014, the statue was removed and restored to fix damage from the floods. In 2016, the statue was returned to the riverfront to a location slightly south and about 17 feet higher than before.
The sculptor, Harry Weber's work is a familiar sight for St. Louisians with thirty-one works in the city, including the statues of Dred and Harriet Scott at the Old Courthouse, the Plaza of Champions at Busch Stadium and Malcom Martin at Malcom W. Martin Memorial Park across the Mississippi River.
After its initial placement in 2006, flooding of the Mississippi River often led to the sight of the partially submerged statue with Clark waving his hat as in distress. In 2014, the statue was removed and restored to fix damage from the floods. In 2016, the statue was returned to the riverfront to a location slightly south and about 17 feet higher than before.
The sculptor, Harry Weber's work is a familiar sight for St. Louisians with thirty-one works in the city, including the statues of Dred and Harriet Scott at the Old Courthouse, the Plaza of Champions at Busch Stadium and Malcom Martin at Malcom W. Martin Memorial Park across the Mississippi River.
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Acadia
Arches National Park
Badlands
Big Bend
Biscayne
Black Canyon Of The Gunnison
Bryce Canyon
Canyonlands
Capitol Reef
Carlsbad Caverns
Channel Islands
Congaree
Crater Lake
Cuyahoga Valley
Death Valley
Dry Tortugas
Everglades
Gateway Arch
Glacier
Grand Canyon
Grand Teton
Great Basin
Great Smoky Mountains
Guadalupe Mountains
Haleakalā
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes
Hot Springs
Indiana Dunes
Isle Royale
Joshua Tree
Kenai Fjords
Kobuk Valley
Lassen Volcanic
Mammoth Cave
Mesa Verde
Mount Rainier
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Olympic
Petrified Forest
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Saguaro
Shenandoah
Theodore Roosevelt
Virgin Islands
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White Sands
Wind Cave
Yellowstone
Yosemite
Zion