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 ...

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.

Clark’s Negro servant, York, was along, and later they were joined by Sacajawea, the Indian wife of a French-Canadian interpreter.

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 ...

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.

Lewis named his good friend, William Clark, as co-commander of the expedition and then concentrated his efforts on obtaining a keelboat and supplies and equipment for the trip.

The family tale is that Meriwether Lewis and William Clark gave the cane to his ancestor in return for assistance they received during the famous Corps of Discovery expedition.

You can even order dolls of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Sacagawea and York "with detailed removable clothing." There are Corps of Discovery television documentaries, an IMAX movie and ...

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 ...

When she joined Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's infamous expedition west, she was just a teenager and a new mother. However, Sacagawea emerged as an icon of the New World.