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

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.

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