Cupbord Creek Encampment

May 29, 2004

 

A Missouri River Educational Adventure on the Army Corps of Engineers Barge

 

 

 

On Saturday, May 29, 2004, registrants for Cupbord Creek Encampment at the Ike Skelton Training Site – Missouri National Guard Headquarters have the exciting opportunity to ride this Army Corps of Engineers Barge between the Cupbord Creek campsite and Clark’s Hill.  Those of you who have followed the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1804 know that it was on Clark’s Hill where Captain Clark surveyed the surroundings of what was then the confluence (the meeting) of the Osage River and the Missouri River.

 

It was on June 3, 1804 that Lewis and Clark left Clark’s Hill and went up river where they camped that night at the confluence of Moreau (Murow) Creek and the Missouri River.  The trip was five miles from Clark’s Hill to Moreau (Murow) Creek.  It was three miles from Clarks’ Hill that Captain Clark noted a creek flowing into the Missouri River that he named Cupbord Creek and which flows through the Ike Skelton Training Site - Missouri National Guard Headquarters.  The creek is now named Rising Creek.

 

The Army Corps of Engineers Barge will depart from the boat ramp on the East end of the Cupbord Creek Campsite.  Because the Corps of Engineers only have a limited number of personal flotation devices, Scouts will need to bring a Coast Guard Approved Personal Flotation Device (vest type) to Cupbord Creek to wear on the barge. 

 

Also, units may only receive a limited number of passes for registrants to ride the barge.  The number of passes for a unit may be based the number of registrants from the unit as a proportion of all registrants attending Cupbord Creek.  Safety and security procedures will be in place around the river front and on the barge at all times and cooperation by all Scouts and Scout Leaders will be required to ensure that this event is accident free.