lewis & clark

     

En route to the Pacific from 1804 to 1806, this duo's expedition sang, played music & danced with the Indians they met

Trivia about lewis & clark

  • On July 4, 1803 Thomas Jefferson supplied this pair with a general letter of credit to use on their trip
  • From 1804 to 1806 this pair explored the area between the Mississippi River & the mouth of the Columbia River
  • Washington's Sacajawea State Park is located on the site where this expedition camped in 1805
  • They were the co-leaders of the Corps of Discovery that started up the Missouri River, May 14, 1804
  • Red-tailed hawks are mentioned in the journals of these men on their overland transcontinental 19th c. journey
  • The 2004 Keelboat nickel featured these 2 explorers in full uniform on the keelboat's bow
  • Co-commanders of the 1st U.S. expedition to explore from Mississippi to the west coast
  • Pompeys Pillar, a famous rock formation in Montana, lies along the trail named for this pair
  • A national historical park named for this duo is made up of 12 sites in the northwest
  • Sacajawea gave birth to a son, Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau, during this duo's 1803-06 expedition
  • Thomas Jefferson's pet grizzly bears were a present from this pair of travelers
  • In May 1805 Scannon, a black Newfoundland, saved several men from a charging buffalo on this pair's expedition
  • Patrick Gass, the carpenter in the group led by this duo, popularized the name "Corps of Discovery"
  • On May 14, 1804 their team of soldiers, French boatmen & a servant started up the Missouri
  • In 1933 Miss Mary McCabe donated the compass this pair used between 1804 & 1806
  • The Idaho section of U.S. Highway 12 bears the name of these 2 men who passed through the area in the early 1800s
  • This duo's expedition began in Missouri in May of 1804; they got back 2 years later
  • A sextant was one of the tools this duo used to navigate 8,000 miles to Oregon & back
  • After journeying 4,000 miles, this pair's expedition finally reached the Pacific Ocean in November 1805
  • Carson, Wash. is just above the Columbia River, less than a mile from a highway named for these explorers
  • On May 14, 1804 this duo's Corps of Discovery started up the Missouri on a fact-finding mission
  • In 2004 the Missouri Historical Society will open a bicentennial exhibit honoring this exploring duo
  • This pair saw the Pacific Ocean for the first time at the mouth of the Columbia River on Nov. 7, 1805
  • Helena is the seat of a county named for these 2 men who passed through the area in 1805

Found pages about lewis & clark