Sioux City, Iowa — This past Friday was the 217th anniversary of the death of Sergeant Charles Floyd on the Lewis and Clark expedition. Floyd became ill and died at the encampment along the Missouri River in the area that would later become Sioux City.
Floyd’s remains are buried beneath a monument on the bluff overlooking the river along Interstate 29 — and there has been an 1804 living history camp at the site. Denny Leonard portrays expedition member Sergeant John Ordway in the Floyd honor guard.
Leonard says they had a reenactment of the burial of Floyd after he died around noon.
Around 20 members of the group have been camping on the grounds of the Sergeant Floyd Riverboat Museum and Welcome Center on the riverfront. The will show what life was like at the time.
Floyd was the only member of the Lewis & Clark expedition to die.
