Seedling Mile

Historical marker location:

Bertram, Iowa

( Marker is on West Mount Vernon Road (County Road E48) 0.3 miles east of O'Connor Road, on the right when traveling east.)

The famous explorers Lewis and Clark passed through Iowa in 1804 on their journey to the Pacific Ocean, but they didn't actually set foot on Iowa soil. The expedition traveled along the western border of Iowa, which was then part of the Missouri Territory.