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 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.

Together with her husband, Michael, a Lewis and Clark expert, Ella Mae Howard joined the students, their chaperones and an outfitter for the 46-mile journey. She secured the foundation grant that ...

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Two hundred years ago when Lewis and Clark explored Montana, there were no SUVs, buildings or freeways, and that's a little hard for today's children to imagine.

Five minutes were allotted for each station. I manned the military station, explaining to kids and teachers why it was so important that the expedition was made up of all-volunteer soldiers.

John McNulty: The Lewis and Clark expedition, as we call it today, in its time was known as the Corps of Discovery. Basically, it was doing a survey of the entire Louisiana Purchase and beyond.

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 ...

Lewis and Clark's voyage was a trip that had been long in the making. As early as 1801, Jefferson had his eyes on the west. He named Lewis, a loyal, disciplined Army captain who was distantly ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - On Saturday, April 12, a Siouxland museum will begin displaying a rare artifact that dates back to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It’s a peace medal that came through Sioux ...