HARTFORD, Ill. — The harrowing trek of explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark across uncharted America two centuries ago took perseverance — as did construction of an observation tower that overlooks the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and will bear their names.
Lewis and Clark tower to open in southern Illinois
Thursday, May 13, 2010 | 12:01 a.m. CDT;
updated 10:06 p.m. CDT, Monday, September 27, 2010
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