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.

For people who remember their elementary school history, the Lewis and Clark expedition began more than 200 years ago as Capt. Meriwether Lewis and his… ...

Introduction to Lewis and Clark. This video offers an overview of the expansion of the United States in 1803 through the Louisiana Purchase and the two-year expedition of Meriwether Lewis and ...

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 ...

Ralph Ehrenberg and Herman Viola talked about their book, [Mapping the West with Lewis in Clark]. They also displayed the original 1814 map that was created by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark ...

Lewis and Clark Community College’s Community Education division is helping to keep kids busy this summer with more than 20 week-long College for Kids classes ...

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 ...

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (WTRF) — Two hundred years ago, the Louisiana Purchase took a Corps of Discovery across the country before many states even existed on the map. They included Lewis and Clark ...

"William Clark had been the noted map-maker of the Corps of Discovery," Neely said, referring to the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804 to 1806. "Lee doesn't really praise his maps that much, but ...

Managed by the U.S. Forest Service, the 25,000 square-foot building includes two floors of exhibits chronicling the Lewis and Clark Expedition, along with regular multimedia presentations in its ...

Carol Davis said, “The Lewis and Clark Expedition of Discovery took place from 1804-06 under the command of Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark.