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Floyd's Bluff is a hill in southern

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that is named for Sergeant Charles Floyd. Floyd, who was the

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for the

Lewis and Clark Expedition The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery was a select gro ...

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, was the only fatality during the expedition. The bluff was Floyd's original burial site in 1804, and is now the location of a

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in his honor. The Floyd Monument is located above the east bank of the

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, just downstream from the mouth of the

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. The bluff itself is part of the

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formation. The Floyd's Bluff area was settled in 1848 by William Thompson, a recent veteran of the

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. He established a trading post, and registered the name "Floyd's Bluff" as the name for his city, which never materialized. Instead, settlers preferred the area between the mouths of the Floyd and Big Sioux rivers where they successfully established

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in the 1850s. Floyd's Bluff eventually was incorporated into Sioux City with the development of the suburb of Morningside in the 1870s.

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George Catlin's 1832 painting of Floyd's Bluff

Floyd's Bluff

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