Meriwether Hunt Club
The Meriwether Hunt Club sits on 1,400 acres of land near Monowi, Nebraska. This riverfront property flanks one of the last sections of the Missouri River left unchanneled when they changed the waters for barge traffic. This rich countryside is bursting with beautiful Red Cedar Trees, lush Morel Mushrooms and an abundance of wild game.
Meriwether Hunt Club Named for Meriwether Lewis
In May 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, traveling with nearly four dozen other men and calling themselves the Corps of Discovery, left an encampment near the village of St. Louis and set off up the Missouri River. Monowi, Nebraska, was one of many stops they made along the way. In Lewis’ journals, he mentions “Old Baldy,” a small hill with a rock top (while the rest of Nebraska remained covered with grass). It was near “Old Baldy” that Lewis and Clark saw their first prairie dog. They were so captivated by this new creature that they captured one and sent it to President Jefferson.
Monowi, Nebraska
The town of Monowi - an Indian word for prairie flower was founded in 1902 by European settlers lured by the promise of farms of their own. It soon had a post office, two banks, a high school, a church and rows of sturdy wooden houses. Its population probably peaked at around 150 in the Twenties. Now its human populace is reduced to just one, but its wild game residents include deer, elk, turkeys and even a few mountain lions.