George Shannon re-enactor and his horse near Lynch, NE

Welcome To
The George Shannon Trail
Website

Click on the town to take you to their website:
|Bloomfield | Crofton and the Ponca Tribe | Niobrara | Verdigre|
 |Winnetoon | Santee |
 | Lindy | Wausa | Hartington |
| Center | The Wynot Area
(Including St. Helena, St. James, Bow
Valley and Wynot)
| Creighton | Verdel |
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Contests:

Wanted: Shannon Contest
$500 Reward!!
Wanted Poster
Contest Entry Form

Where is Pvt. Shannon?
Find Shannon the Mannequin at Northeast Nebraska State Parks May - September 2008 starting at Lewis and Clark State Park,2nd Ashfalls State Park, 3rd Niobara State Park and 4th Ponca State Park. Find Shannon the Mannequin and register for two night cabin stays at one of the Northeast Nebraska STate Parks.

If you are interested in a bus tour to Festivals, County Fairs or The Swedish Smorgasbord in Northeast Nebraska please contact:

WANTED Contest Winner

Picture of Shirley Kehne with Joann Filkins receiving check for $500

List of Winners


Gallery of Journey Back Home at Brooky Bottom

List of Upcoming Events

George Shannon, the youngest and most educated in the Corps of Discovery, was lost for 16 days in the area of present day northeast Nebraska.

Sixteen Communities and two tribes have joined together and created 12 Private Shannon and One Lewis and Clark Statue -- all hand carved and life-size! If you collect the 12 private Shannon stamps and 1 Lewis and Clark stamp you will receive a beautiful print of Private Shannon!

Communities along the trail that have the statues are Bloomfield, Crofton, Lindy, Santee (Ohiya Casino), Niobrara, Verdigre, Winnetoon, Center, Creighton, Wausa, Hartington, and the Wynot Area which is St. Helena, St. James, Bow Valley and Wynot (the statue is located in Wynot) and the Lewis and Clark statue is located in Verdel .All towns above have the passports and stamps for the trail. Stop in at businesses displaying the bright yellow Shannon sign and pick up your passport and stamps to start the trail.

If you collect all 13 stamps from the communities above you will receive a limited edition print of Private Shannon complete with a poem --from artist Ray Kelly of Tea, South Dakota and poet Edward Cook.

We hope you can take time to follow the Historic Shannon Trail and enjoy the beautiful scenery and sites along the way.

Sincerely,
Laurie Larsen
Shannon Trail President

Letter from the President of the George Shannon Trail Organization

Shannon Trail Activities

Check out where you can get Your Shannon Stickers

More about George Shannon

Lewis & Clark Journal Entries on Shannon

NEW!!! Shannon Store Picture Gallery Recent News Articles
Learn more about each member of the Corps Timeline of the period Shannon was Missing Roster of the Lewis & Clark Trail Expedition Community Involvement Photo Winners
  A Tail of the Trail II - 2004 Shannon
Trail Play info
Campgrounds and Golf Courses - & GeoCaching Shannon
Festival - 2004
 
  Email Project Coordinator   Sites to see or visit when in the area  

Shannon Trail Original Paintings

"Voices of the Trail" is here. Click here to Order yours TODAY!


SHANNON TRAIL MAKES CNN
Click here to read the article presented on the CNN website

Here is another Article about the Shannon trail from Siouxland.net

Check out pictures from the 2003 play
A Tale of the Trail

Click here to see the winners of the 2003 Shannon Trail Photo Contest Winners!

 


The Historic Shannon Trail is Located just 55 miles west of Sioux City, Iowa
on both sides of scenic highway 12.


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Produced in part by a grant from the Nebraska Division of Travel and Tourism