Pictures: 1950s Family Retraces Lewis and Clark’s American Journey Pictures: 1950s Family Retraces Lewis and Clark’s American Journey Pictures: 1950s Family Retraces Lewis and Clark’s ...

The Lewis and Clark State Historic Site will commemorate the 221st anniversary of the start of the Lewis and Clark Expedition ...

Q: Are there any American Indian descendants of the members of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery? —Karen Wilson | Helena, Alabama In their journals, the men of the Corps of Discovery ...

Six accounts by Corps members (a woodcut, from Gass' journal, 1810 edition) have provided grist for generations of historians. Library of Congress As the Lewis and Clark bicentennial approaches ...

President Thomas Jefferson engineered the purchase of Louisiana from the French (800,000 square miles for 15 million dollars). Congress received a confidential message from Jefferson to outfit an ...

Brad Winn, site superintendent since 2001, has helped the Lewis and Clark State Historic Site attract 100,000 visitors each year.

A recent episode of the YouTube series “History Traveler” made me aware of a site in Illinois called Camp Dubois, where the ...

This medal is one of only three, four-inch peace medals taken on the expedition and given to the most important leaders.

Lewis and his chosen copilot Clark, a friend and fellow army veteran, started their expedition from Camp Wood in Illinois on May 14, 1804. Over the next two years, the explorers crossed 16 states ...

Fort Lewis, named after Meriwether Lewis of the famed Lewis and Clark expedition, is one of the largest and most modern military reservations in the United States. Consisting of 87,000 acres of ...

An exciting kite-themed exhibit is set to soar in Missoula County, offering a unique way to explore the history of the Lewis ...