Their importance went rippling out through the history of the West and of theUnited States...but the most important achievement can be stated simply: they got there.4 ... If they were the first comers to this shore they were also the last comers and they had been led here by all who...
The route of the expedition is commemorated by a series of sites along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail (see National Parks and Monuments, table). The importance of the well-planned, well-executed expedition (only one person had been lost) was enormous. Although it was not the ...
WheninterpreterToussaintCharbonneau,aFrenchCanadianfurtraderlivingamongtheHidatsas,andhisShoshoneIndianwife,Sacagawea,joinedtheLewisandClarkexpeditionin1804,theyheadedintocountrylargelyunknowntothem,asitwastoThomasJefferson'shand-pickedexplorers.ThereislittledoubtastotheimportanceofSacagawea'spresenceonthejourney.Shehas...
Lewis and Clark Expedition A summary of the Lewis and Clark expedition shows the importance of the expedition and its route in terms of American expansion and the changing relationships between the United States and American Indian groups. The major facts about the Lewis and Clark expedition inclu...
"There's a whole new frontier out there for us to explore," Sampson said. "We need Lewis and Clark. We need somebody to go where we haven't been." The new AD will face significant challenges, particularly financial ones. Despite the long-term benefits of joining the B...
Of course, food is one of the main concerns when voyaging with more than thirty men. Almost every entry in Lewis and Clark’s journals mentions the game the men brought in hunting, which was usually about three deer a day. If they had packed this much food, there would be an immense ...
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Portraits painted in 1807-08 by Charles Willson Peale. Drs. David Peck and Marti Peck will give presentations at theWestern Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West, Scottsdale, Arizona, about these issues: ...
In his journal, on November 15, 1805, Captain William Clark wrote, The tide meeting of me and the emence Swells from the main Ocean (imedeately in front of us) raised to Such a hite that I conluded to form a Camp on the highest Spot I could find in the marshey bottom ...
Chapter 4The Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis & Clark ExpeditionA Constitutional Moment?Peter A. Appel“Scarcely any political question arises in the United States,” noted Alexis deTocqueville, “that is not resolved, sooner or later, into a judicial question.”1If Tocqueville is correct, then ...
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TEACHER Both Dodge and March emphasize that the most important element of a successful WebQuest is the teacher who designs it. Peters told Education World, "I ... have a great love myself of the journey [of Lewis and Clark], and I am sure that my teaching relayed...