HISTORY Vault: Lewis and Clark: Explore New Frontier Discover the adventures of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark as they traversed the vast, unknown continent of North America. WATCH NOW Pompey’s Pillar On July 25, 1806, Clark carved his name and the date on a large rock formation near...
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 ...
The Lewis and Clark Expedition:Following the purchase of the Louisianna Territory from France, President Thomas Jefferson ordered an expedition to explore the territory and to seek a passage to the Pacific Ocean. Jefferson commission Meriweather Lewis and William Clark to lead the expedition....
W. (1983) The journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition. University of Nebraska Press.Moulton, G.E., ed. 1987. The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, vol. 3. Lincoln: University of N...
Publication: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Date: April 1, 2003 Volume/issue: Vol. 111, No. 2 Subjects: Explorers Expeditions Slaughter, Thomas P Lewis, Meriwether (1774-1809) Clark, William (1770-1838)Article excerpt Exploring Lewis and Clark: Reflections on Men and Wilder...
The Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804–1806 and the Red River Expedition of 1806 were two early explorations of the land acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase in western North America. They were the first such western excursions to include natural history investigations as part...
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...
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....
ON THE TRAIL OF GIANTS EXPEDITIONS LARGE AND SMALL, ON LAND AND WATER, SEEK TO SEE WHAT LEWIS AND CLARK FIRST SAW IN 1805Diane Daniel, Globe Correspondent
Fish Discoveries by the Lewis and Clark and Red River Expeditionsdoi:10.1577/1548-8446(1996)021<0006:fdbtla>2.0.co;2MoringJohn R.FisheriesMoring, J. R. 1996. Fish discoveries by the Lewis and Clark and Red River expeditions. Fisheries 21(7):6-12....