Lewis and Clark Expedition

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1. Official Site: Discovering Lewis & Clark  
2. Wikipedia: Lewis and Clark Expedition
3. PBS: Lewis and Clark
4. National Park Service: Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
5. Lewis and Clark Journals: Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
6. Loc.gov: Lewis & Clark
7. U.S. Geological Survey: The Lewis and Clark Expedition and the USGS

[edit] Lewis and Clark Expedition Central Figures

[edit] First Figure

• Meriwether Lewis

[edit] Second Figure

• William Clark

[edit] Third Figure

• Sacajawea

[edit] Lewis and Clark Expedition Images and Videos

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[edit] Lewis and Clark Expedition Resources and Research

• memory.loc.gov: Lewis and Clark - Resources
• Multnomah County Library: Lewis & Clark
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[edit] Lewis and Clark Expedition Blogs and Forums

• Lewis and Clark Road Trips: Lewis and Clark Road Trips
• World Wind Forums: Lewis and Clark Path [Archive]
• Uplink: Lewis and Clark Slip Through Climatic Window to the West

[edit] Lewis and Clark Expedition Timeline

• 1774: Meriwether Lewis born in August
• 1803: Spring; Lewis picked as commander of the expedition.
• 1803: Announcement of Louisiana Purchase, in July.
• 1803: Lewis takes large keelboat down Ohio river to pick up Clark
• 1804: Expedition begins on May 14th
• 1804: August: the expedition, also called The Corps of Discovery, meet the Oto and Missouri Indian
• 1804: Council with the Yankton Sioux in late August
• 1804: Confrontation with the Teton Sioux in late September
• 1804: Sacajawea(Sacagawea) a Shoshone, joins the expedition in November
• 1805: Sacajawea give birth to a baby boy in February
• 1805: A dozen men head back east with artifacts, maps and scientific specimens for Jefferson
• 1805: A large grizzly bear, which has never been described, is killed in April
• 1805: June: The expedition has to portage over 18 miles because of waterfalls. This takes nearly a month
• 1805: The party reaches the 3 forks of the Missouri River in late July, and names them the Gallatin, the Madison and the Jefferson
• 1805: The party nears the headwaters of the Missouri, and Sacajawea's people
• 1805: In August, the party nears the Continental Divide and expects to see the Pacific, but finds only more mountains
• 1805: After nearly starving, the party reaches present day Idaho
• 1805: In October, the party reaches the Columbia River, and they see Mount Hood in the distance
• 1805: Severe storms halt the party for 3 weeks in November
• 1806: President Jefferson welcomes a delegation of chiefs who had met Lewis and Clark a year earlier
• 1806: March: The expedition begins the journey home
• 1806: From May to late June, the party waits at the foot of the Bitterroot Mountains for the snow to melt before crossing
• 1806: In July, Lewis heads to Great Falls, while Clark heads down the Yellowstone River, to explore more of the Louisiana Purchase
• 1806: In August, the parties are reunited, and Sacajawea leaves the expedition
• 1806: September 23rd., the party reaches St Louis
• 1806: The men return to Washington D.C. as heroes, receiving double pay and 320 acres of land.
• 1806: Lewis is named governor of the Louisiana Territory, and Clark is made Indian agent for the West
• 1809: Lewis commits suicide, October 11th.
• 1812: Sacajawea dies and Clark assumes custody of her son and daughter in December
• 1838: Clark dies September 1st., at the home of his son

[edit] Lewis and Clark Expedition Satire and Humor

• Sierra Club: Wally's Woods - Lewis and Clark Features
• ANDERTOONS: Lewis and Clark Cartoon
• Free Republic: Lewis and Clark stepped here! (Dave Barry)

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