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== Legacy and honors == In the 1970s, the federal government memorialized the winter assembly encampment, [[Camp Dubois]], as the start of the Lewis and Clark voyage of discovery and in 2019 it recognized [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]] as the start of the expedition.<ref name="TRIB-20190310">{{cite news|last=Bauder|first=Bob|title=Pittsburgh recognized as starting point for Lewis and Clark expedition|url=https://triblive.com/news/pittsburgh-allegheny/pittsburgh-recognized-as-starting-point-for-lewis-and-clark-expedition/|date=March 10, 2019|work=[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]]|access-date=March 10, 2019|archive-date=January 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128072836/https://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/pittsburgh-recognized-as-starting-point-for-lewis-and-clark-expedition/|url-status=live}}</ref> Since the expedition, Lewis and Clark have been commemorated and honored over the years on various coins, currency, and commemorative postage stamps, as well as in a number of other capacities. In 2004, the American elm cultivar [[Ulmus americana 'Lewis & Clark'|''Ulmus americana'' 'Lewis & Clark']] (selling name {{tdes|Prairie Expedition|caps}}) was released by [[North Dakota State University]] Research Foundation in commemoration of the expedition's bicentenary;<ref>{{cite web | title=Ulmus americana 'Lewis & Clark' Prairie Expedition | website=Plant Finder | url=https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=437881 | access-date=August 15, 2021 | archive-date=August 15, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815140828/https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=437881 | url-status=live }}</ref> the tree has a resistance to [[Dutch elm disease]]. [[Lewis and Clark County]], in Montana, as well as the [[Lewis and Clark River]] in Oregon are both named after the expedition's leaders.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gannett |first=Henry |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ |title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |year=1905 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n184 185]}}</ref> The [[Lewis and Clark Public School District]] in North Dakota is named after the pair. North Dakota state [[North Dakota Highway 1804|Highways 1804]] and [[North Dakota Highway 1806|1806]] are named to reflect the years of Lewis and Clark's travels through the area, and together constitute the portion of the Lewis and Clark Trail that runs through the state. Campsite Lewis and Clark in Camp Sandy Beach at [[Yawgoog Scout Reservation]] in [[Rockville, Rhode Island|Rockville]], [[Rhode Island]] also honors both explorers. <gallery widths="260" mode="nolines"> <!-- Deleted image removed: File:Lewis & Clark stamp 2004.jpg|Lewis and Clark Expedition, 2004<br />200th Anniversary issue U.S. postage stamp commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Expedition --> File:Lewis and Clark 1954 Issue-3c.jpg|Lewis and Clark Expedition<br />150th anniversary issue, 1954 File:US-$10-LT-1901-Fr.114.jpg|Lewis and Clark were honored (along with the [[American bison]]) on the Series of 1901 $10 Legal Tender File:Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center Cape Disappointment.jpg|Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in [[Cape Disappointment State Park]] File:Amer0145 (9715909375).jpg|Lewis and Clark statue (with [[Seaman (dog)]]) in [[St. Charles, Missouri]] File:Lewis & Clark Mosaic image.png|Lewis and Clark Mosaic image in Missouri File:Sergeant Floyd Monument, sunset.jpg|[[Sergeant Floyd Monument]] in Sioux City, Iowa is the first of 2,600 [[National Historic Landmark]]s in the United States </gallery>
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