Americans knew nothing about the new land the government purchased from France and named “District of Louisiana.” The Corps ...

Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Elliott Coues, Editor, The History of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Frank X. Walker, Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York Articles York of the Corps of Discovery ...

Imagine what Montana and the rest of the west looked like 220 years ago. When President Thomas Jefferson launched Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery in 1804, Montana was wild and untouched.

Tasked by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the new Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery set off from St. Charles, Missouri, in May 1804.

The youngest member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, officially called “The Corps of Discovery,” was a teenager. At the time that George Shannon signed up for the expedition, he was 15- or ...

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.

Object Details author Bakeless, John Edwin 1894-1978- Subject Lewis and Clark Expedition Contents Preface -- Mr. Jefferson needs a secretary -- The Clarks and the Lewises -- Lt. Clark fights Indians - ...