Expedition re-enactors to visit Huntington, Stop among first on Lewis & Clark: bicentennial tour

From: Charleston Daily Mail | Date: September 18, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Back when a thundering herd referred to actual stampeding bison, the Lewis & Clark expedition floated down the Ohio River to what is now Huntington, a point marking the river's turn to the west. This weekend, re-enactors commemorating the bicentennial of the Lewis & Clark expedition will stop in Huntington. It is one of the first few stops on their journey, and the closest to Charleston.

The Huntington location is being promoted as "Where the river runs west." It's not exactly the same as "The Gateway to the West," a title that belongs to St. Louis, but it isn't bad.

In fact, Huntington isn't ...

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