The Kentucky Derby debuted in 1875, the horse race a vision of Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., grandson of American explorer William Clark in hopes of reviving commonwealth's economy.

Description. Shortly after the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore and map the newly acquired territory and to seek a ...

In summer 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark left St. Louis and embarked on an 8000-mile journey across North America. President Thomas Jefferson had instructed their Corps of Discovery to ...

Meriwether Lewis & William Clark; Meriwether Lewis & William Clark. 5 minute read. TIME. October 10, 1955 12:00 AM GMT-4. THE most exciting travel drama in U.S. history began May 14, 1804.

From 1804-1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the "Corps of Discovery" on a journey to the Pacific Ocean to map out the newly acquired Louisiana Territory.

Meriwether Lewis (left) and William Clark. Contributed / Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons. Lewis named his good friend, William Clark, ...

U.S. Army Captain Meriwether Lewis and 2nd Lt. William Clark — plus the Corps of Discovery — returned to St. Louis after epic travels to the Pacific Ocean on this day in history, Sept. 23, 1806.

When the early-1800s expedition to the Pacific Ocean led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark returned after two years and 8,000 miles, members who traveled with the now-famous pair of explorers ...

William Clark stated that Shannon was “one of the most active and useful men we had,” and Meriwether Lewis lauded him for “his great courage, perseverance and loyalty.” ...

Caught in this tawdry tangle of sometimes violent and horrific, sometimes glorious and heroic history are Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, whose 19th century US Army unit Corps of Discovery ...

Provided image/Academy of Natural Sciences Meriwether Lewis and William Clark collected plants, like this tobacco specimen, during their 1804-1806 expedition across the western United States.