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Sioux City (/ suː /) is a city in Woodbury and Plymouth counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 85,797 in the 2020 census, making it the fourth-most populous city in Iowa. [3] . The county seat of Woodbury County, Sioux City is the primary city of the five-county Sioux City metropolitan area, which had 149,940 residents in 2020.
- Neil B. Auckland, New Zealand 1,170 contributions. Good overview of the Lewis & Clark story. We’re from New Zealand but knew the Lewis & Clark names courtesy of the movie ‘Night at the Museum’.
- tam. Springfield, MO1 contribution. A must stop for all Christians, especially Catholics! Wow! This was such an unexpected beautiful and peaceful stop. We stopped in the evening about 7.
- Naberius. West Des Moines, IA 160 contributions. A must-visit if you enjoy history and prepare to have fun learning! This place is great! Exhibits are really well done -- lots to see and learn about, so take your time.
- MarciaE. Huntsville, AL 132 contributions. Museum part currently closed, but they are open. Free museum. Currently the museum on the 2nd floor is closed so there is not much to see.
- Tim Trudell
- Midwest (Nebraska)
- Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center. The explorers Lewis and Clark departed from Saint Charles, Missouri, ultimately making their way to where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean in Oregon.
- Sioux City Public Museum. Sioux City was once a major player in the meatpacking industry. While the packing houses have all but disappeared, the Sioux City Public Museum recognizes that chapter of the city’s history with photos and exhibits.
- Sioux City Art Center. The Sioux City Art Center, which moved into its current downtown location in the early 1990s, features contemporary art, with more than 1,000 pieces on display.
- Palmer Candy. Inventor of the Twin Bing, a Midwestern favorite for nearly 100 years, Palmer Candy has been making sweet treats for more than 140 years.
- Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center. While charting the new lands acquired by the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition passed through what is now Sioux City in the summer of 1804.
- Sioux City Public Museum. In 2011, this local institution moved into a sleek modern building downtown. Until that time the Sioux City Public Museum had been housed in the 23-room Peirce Mansion (1893), which it continues to manage, along with the Sergeant Floyd River Museum, which we’ll talk about later.
- Sioux City Art Center. With a formidable collection that has taken shape since the 1930s, the Sioux City Art Center is in an award-winning modern building that opened in 1997.
- Sergeant Floyd Monument. Sioux City is the burial place of a young member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Charles Floyd (1782-1804). He died on the upstream voyage, mostly likely from appendicitis, and was buried at the place that would become Sioux City.
Sioux City, city, seat (1856) of Woodbury county, northwestern Iowa, U.S. It lies on the Missouri River (bridged to South Sioux City, Nebraska) at the influx of the Big Sioux and Floyd rivers, where Iowa, South Dakota, and Nebraska meet.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Why Sioux City? Take advantage of one of the country's most affordable cities located in the rolling Loess Hills along the Missouri River. With a commute of less than 20 minutes, Sioux City may offer more than you imagined.
