Siouxland Families

I'm excited to share all about one of my favorite places to visit in Sioux City with kids! One of Siouxland's big claims to fame is that it served as a major portion of the Corps of Discovery Expedition to find the Northwest Passage. Under the leadership of William Clark and Meriweather Lewis, the Corps followed the Missouri River north from Kansas City and west from Sioux City, exploring much of the Siouxland area along the way in late summer 1804. Their legacy remains not just in parks, monuments, and historical sites where they once trod, but also pervades naming in Sioux City, from the Explorers baseball team, to Clark elementary school, to streets like Lewis Boulevard, Clark Street, York Street, and Floyd Boulevard! And one of the best places to learn more about Lewis & Clark and the Corps of Discovery Expedition is at Sioux City's Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center and Betty Strong Encounter Center.  What is the Lewis & Clark Interp...

Have bug lovers in your family? Morningside biology professor Tim Sesterhenn will be giving a presentation for all ages about Mosquitos this Sunday at 2pm at the Betty Strong Encounter Center (which is at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center so if your little ones get fussy, you can walk them around the museum instead and it's still a fun trip!). Professor Sesterhenn said while some of the information may be slightly over the heads of early elementary students, in general his talk won't be overly  technical, families are welcome, and he will be available afterwards to answer questions from insect lovers of all ages!