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The Sergeant
Floyd River Museum and Welcome Center in Sioux City, Iowa serves the tri-state areas of Iowa, Nebraska and South
Dakota as an information center. Uniquely it also serves as
a historical museum as both functions are housed aboard the
dry-docked motor vessel, the Sergeant Floyd. The
Sergeant Floyd, a
decommissioned, inspection boat of the United States Army
Corps of Engineers, was named in honor of
Sergeant Charles Floyd,
the only man to have died on the Lewis and Clark
Expedition. Sgt. Floyd is buried in Sioux City and a stone
obelisk called the
Floyd
Monument marks his grave, which is the
nation’s first nationally registered historical landmark. A
visit to the Sgt. Floyd will provide you with valuable local
information as well as a lesson in Missouri River history.
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Sioux City