"President Thomas Jefferson wrote to a fellow scientist in late January, 1804, that ‘I confess I look to the duplication of area for extending a government so free and economical as ours, as a great achievement to the mass of happiness which is to ensu
This one-page overview of the Louisiana Purchase includes several maps, and is an excellent resource for school reports.
"Lewis and Clark found a healthy grizzly population when they explored Idaho's Bitterroot Mountains in the early 19th century.
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's trail blazing expedition departed from St. Louis 201 years ago, on May 14, 1804. In a span of twenty-eight months, they covered 8,000 miles, journeying to the Pacific Ocean and back again.
"The object of your mission is to explore the Missouri River & such principal stream of it as by its course and communication with the waters of the Pacific Ocean, whether the Columbia, Oregon, Colorado or any other river may offer the most direct & prac
In celebration of Lewis and Clark's bicentennial anniversary, the Missouri Historical Society took their museum exhibit on a coast-to-coast tour.
This Lewis and Clark site is chock full of adventures for explorers of all ages.
In 1803 Congress approved an appropriation of $2500 to fund the Lewis and Clark expedition, which Jefferson named the Corps of Discovery.
"Among the many successes of the 1804-06 Lewis and Clark expedition were the important strides made in the mapping of the U.
