Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: heart river

Photo: This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field.

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This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field. More than 100 years ago the pioneers eradicated the grizzly bear to create farmland.

Photo: This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field.

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This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field. More than 100 years ago the pioneers eradicated the grizzly bear to create farmland.

Photo: This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field.

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This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field. More than 100 years ago the pioneers eradicated the grizzly bear to create farmland.

Photo: This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field.

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This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field. More than 100 years ago the pioneers eradicated the grizzly bear to create farmland.

Photo: This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field.

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This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field. More than 100 years ago the pioneers eradicated the grizzly bear to create farmland.

Photo: This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field.

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This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field. More than 100 years ago the pioneers eradicated the grizzly bear to create farmland.

Photo: This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field.

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This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field. More than 100 years ago the pioneers eradicated the grizzly bear to create farmland.

Photo: This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear, but it is now a corn field.

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This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear, but it is now a corn field. More than 100 years ago the pioneers eradicated the grizzly bear to create farmland.

Photo: This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear, but it is now a corn field.

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This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear, but it is now a corn field. More than 100 years ago the pioneers eradicated the grizzly bear to create farmland.

Photo: This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field.

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This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field. More than 100 years ago the pioneers eradicated the grizzly bear to create farmland.

Photo: This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field.

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This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field. More than 100 years ago the pioneers eradicated the grizzly bear to create farmland.

Photo: This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field.

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This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field. More than 100 years ago the pioneers eradicated the grizzly bear to create farmland.

Photo: This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field.

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This was once the place where Lewis and Clark first saw a grizzly bear but it is now a corn field. More than 100 years ago the pioneers eradicated the grizzly bear to create farmland.

Photo: Lewis and Clark spotted their first grizzly bear at the place where the Heart River meets the Missouri River near Bismarck, ND. Today it serves as a corn field.

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Lewis and Clark spotted their first grizzly bear at the place where the Heart River meets the Missouri River near Bismarck, ND. Today it serves as a corn field.

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