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Missouri History Today September 23, 1806: Lewis And Clark Arrive Home In Time For Land Debates

by Missouri Life

The Lewis and Clark Expedition returns to St. Louis on this date. They walked right into ongoing debates about who controlled which pieces of land in the St. Louis and Ste. Genevieve area, according to a history from the City of Chesterfield. 

Photo credit: Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator. Log House, Sainte Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, MO. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/mo0920/.