When Meriwether Lewis and William Clark returned to St. Louis in the fall of 1806 after more than two years of exploring the American west, they brought a wealth of ...

“Reimagining America: The Maps of Lewis and Clark” will be on display at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Great Falls through Dec. 4 to share some of the ...

However, Lewis and Clark’s expedition served its own purpose under President Thomas Jefferson’s commission: to explore lands west of the Mississippi River that comprised the Louisiana Purchase.

From 1978, when the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail was established by Congress, until 2019, the eastern terminus of the expedition was regarded as St. Louis, home of the Gateway Arch, not ...

Ben Pollard, site interpretive coordinator at Lewis & Clark State Historic Site in Hartford, spoke Friday in Jacksonville on the expedition's scientific role. A sketch of a bird drawn by William ...

T here are so many lessons and morals to be drawn from the expedition of Lewis and Clark that each generation tends to pick a new one according to its temperament and needs. Here is one that seems ...

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.