10 Little‑Known Facts About the Lewis and Clark Expedition Explore ten surprising facts about one of America’s first and greatest expeditions of discovery. Read more Lewis and Clark’s Travels Included Dozens of Astonishing Animal Encounters The explorers not only produced maps from their 1804...
Focuses on the expedition of the U.S. Army's Corps of Discovery to the Pacific northwest. Factual background of the military expeditions; Enlistment of men and the formation of barracks; Discoveries on science and geography.ReardonMark J.WhiteCharles E.Army Magazine...
Let me admit something crazy – I heard about Lewis and Clark’s expedition first while movie “Night at the Museum”. I do have an excuse – I came to this country when I was twenty. At that point, American history wasn’t on top of my priorities. However, if you are like, “We...
The Lewis and Clark expedition involved almost 50 people who traveled about 8,000 miles throughout the western United States between 1804 and 1806. Their route took them through lands now part of ten different states, between St. Louis Missouri and the Pacific Ocean....
John Colter was an American trapper-explorer, the first white man to have seen and described (1807) what is now Yellowstone National Park. Colter was a member of Lewis and Clark’s company from 1803 to 1806. In 1807 he joined Manuel Lisa’s trapping part
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One member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was not a volunteer, and according to the law at the time, he was considered to be the property of another member of the expedition. He was York, an enslaved African American who belonged to William Clark, the expedition's co-leader. York ...
The next year he served with William Clark, a man who would later help him on one of the greatest expeditions of all time. Lewis joined the regular army and achieved the rank of captain. In 1801, he was asked by President Jefferson to act as his private secretary. Jefferson soon made ...
Lewis And Clark Expeditions: The Expedition Of Lewis And Clark The Expeditions ofLewisand Clark America and I were astonished; President Jefferson doubled the size of the country with one purchase‚ the Louisiana Purchase. To add to the excitement‚ MeriwetherLewisasked me‚ a poor boat buil...
Lewis and Clark TheLewisand Clark expedition was the equivalent in its day of a journey to the moon. Both had skilled men leading the expedition‚ were used to collect data‚ and used many important other people to make their journey successful. Leading both expeditions were skilled men.Lew...