“Inside the Center” is a category of post that is generated internally by a member of our staff. Through these posts, we keep visitors to our web site updated about happenings in and around the Center.
On Wednesday, June 14, the Center hosted members of the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce and other guests for a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating completion of the first phase of construction of our outdoor Spirit of Discovery stage.
The Center welcomes two new special “Events and Exhibits Assistants,” Judy and Gary Golden Judy and Gary Golden have come to the Center through a…
Native American artifacts and exhibits at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center and Betty Strong Encounter Center
On May 1, the Sioux City Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center bid a fond farewell to the Scraposaurs traveling exhibit that has graced our lawn…
The Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, (the Center) in Sioux City, Iowa, has an amazing outdoor campus that is always open for visitors. The campus sits on 79 acres of scenic,…
Living in Vermillion SD in the late 70s and early 80s, I knew there was a place called Spirit Mound that was a little way out of town. However, I did not know why it had that name. I do not remember my teachers talking about the history of the place. When my family first moved there, the area was empty land. My brothers tell stories of sliding down the hill on old truck hoods. Mainly in later years we knew it as a farm lot. Mostly high school kids used the area as a spot to go drinking because it was out of town.