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  Lewis and Clark Expedition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lewis and Clark expedition (1804–1806) was the first United States overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back, led by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark, of the US Army.
Lewis and Clark stayed separated until they reached the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers on August 11, when one of Clark's hunters, Pierre Cruzatte, blind in one eye and nearsighted in the other, mistook Lewis for an elk and fired, injuring Lewis in the thigh.
USS Lewis and Clark and USNS Lewis and Clark
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition   (2649 words)

  
 Timeline
Lewis and Clark believe the south fork is the Missouri, while all of the other men believe it is the north fork.
Clark and the rest of the expedition arrives as well, and it is discovered that the Shoshone chief Cameahwait is Sacagawea's brother.
Lewis is named governor of the Louisiana Territory, Clark is made Indian agent for the West and brigadier general of the territory's militia.
www.lewisclark.net /timeline   (1140 words)

  
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Lewis writes to his mother, he will leave “the day after tomorrow” for the “Western Country” and will not be able to see her before he departs.
Lewis and Clark’s Expedition reaches the confluence of the Snake and Columbia Rivers.
Clark and militia force leave St. Charles for Fire Prairie, 300 miles from the mouth of the Missouri River in the heart of Osage country.
www.lewisandclark.org /pages/exp_timeline.phtml   (3499 words)

  
 Map Of Lewis And Clark Expedition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Lewis and Clark Trail Maps Key Map A Trail Between The Rivers Area (TBR Area) is a 3 mile east to west...
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 PBS Online - Lewis and Clark
Lewis, now picked as commander, is sent to Philadelphia for instruction in botany, zoology, celestial navigation, medicine from nation’s leading scientists.
Expedition marks first Fourth of July ever celebrated west of the Mississippi by firing keelboat’s cannon, drinking extra ration of whiskey, and naming a creek (near what is now Atchinson, Kansas) Independence Creek.
Clark notes a temperature of 45 degrees below zero – “colder,” John Ordway adds, “than I ever knew it be in the States.” A week later, on Christmas Eve, Fort Mandan was considered complete and the expedition had moved in for the winter.
www.pbs.org /lewisandclark/archive/time   (844 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Lewis and Clark Expedition Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806) was the first American overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back.
The expedition followed the Missouri through what is now Kansas City, Missouri and Omaha, Nebraska, crossed the Rocky Mountains and descended by the Clearwater River, the Snake River, and the Columbia River through what is now Portland, Oregon until they reached the Pacific Ocean in the summer of 1805.
In the 1997 Ken Burns documentary Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery, historian Stephen E. Ambrose, author of the book Undaunted Courage about the expedition, compared the significance and impact of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to Americans of that era with the American landing on the moon for subsequent generations.
www.ipedia.com /lewis_and_clark_expedition.html   (824 words)

  
 Lewis and Clark Gnet
William Clark was living in a cabin overlooking the Falls of the Ohio in Clarksville, Indiana Territory with his older brother General George Rogers Clark, when he received a letter from Meriwether Lewis in the summer of 1803 asking him to be co-commander of and recruit men for the expedition.
When Lewis and Clark reached the Nez Perce Indians living in scattered villages in the Plains west of the Rocky Mountains the captains held a council with the chiefs of the tribe.
Lewis and Clark map, with annotations in brown ink by Meriwether Lewis, tracing showing the Mississippi, the Missouri for a short distance above Kansas, Lakes Michigan, Superior, and Winnipeg, and the country onwards to the Pacific].
www.lewisandclarkgnet.org /pages.php?page_title=Government&search_for=government   (5013 words)

  
 Lewis clark expedition trail - Lewis and Clark Expedition 200 year anniversary - maps, links, and
Lewis and Clark Expedition :: Voyage of Rediscovery
Lewis and Clark believe the south fork is the Missouri, while all of the other men believe it is the north
Route Mapping on the Lewis and Clark Expedition -by Ralph Ehrenberg During the expedition, Clark prepared four types of trail maps.
dr--phil.easylookfor.com /elf/dr--phil-lewis-clark-expedition-trail.htm   (337 words)

  
 Lewis & Clark Timeline
Lewis was a childhood protege of Jefferson’s, and they renewed their bond years later while Lewis was on army duty in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Lewis was a childhood protégeé of Jefferson’s, and they renewed their bond years later while Lewis was on army duty in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Clark led a detachment that explored the Yellowstone River from near its source to its confluence with the Missouri.
www.ourheritage.net /index_page_stuff/Following_Trails/Lewis_and_Clark/Lc_timeline.html   (4707 words)

  
 Lewis and Clark Gnet
Lewis and Clark Trail Maps is the “in the footsteps” website for the Lewis and Clark Expedition, exclusively detailing The Trail Between The Rivers - the 407 miles of land trails traveled by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their historic journey across the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase.
The Wyandotte County, Kansas Lewis and Clark Taskforce coordinates, creates, and implements projects and events related to the bicentennial anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition's arrival and encampment in Wyandotte County, Kansas.
During Lewis and Clark talks with the Shoshone Indians to negotiate getting horses from them the Expedition interpreter Sacagawea who also belonged to the Lemhi Shoshone tribe, recognized in the chief of the tribe her brother Cameahwait.
www.lewisandclarkgnet.org /pages.php?page_title=Time&search_for=time   (4335 words)

  
 Lewis & Clark
- The Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806) sought an overland route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark served as co-leaders of the expedition.
Discovering Lewis and Clark is about the issues and values inherent in the Northwest as Lewis and Clark saw it, and some of the ways in which changing visions over the past 200 years have affected the land and the people.
www.42explore2.com /lewisclark.htm   (958 words)

  
 The Learning Page - Lewis and Clark - Resources
Examine maps and manuscripts documenting the Lewis and Clark expedition.
View Lewis and Clark photos and documents in the Exploration of the American West gallery.
This timeline examines the role of Congress in the Louisiana Purchase from 1802 to 1807.
memory.loc.gov /learn/features/lewisandclark/resources_4.html   (423 words)

  
 Multnomah County Library Homework Center - Lewis & Clark - Homework Center - Multnomah County Library
Explore the Lewis and Clark Expedition from Thomas Jefferson's perspective and discover why the expedition was so important to him.
Lewis and Clark: A Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Time magazine photographers capture the Lewis and Clark trail's beauty and capture current residents of towns along the trail as they celebrate the expedition's bicentennial through reenactments and native traditions.
www.multcolib.org /homework/lewisandclark   (775 words)

  
 Lewis and Clark in Montana
Lewis and Clark hoped they were only weeks away from the Pacific via an all-water route, the mythical Northwest Passage.
The expedition journals noted the spot's potential as a trade location between two navigable rivers, the early highways of commerce.
Clark Bottom Rendezvous: Encamp at an old established rendezvous spot on the Yellowstone River just south of Laurel, Montana.
lewisandclark.state.mt.us   (651 words)

  
 Learnmore--Lewis and Clark Expedition: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
In cooperation with State, Federal, and Tribal governments, the mission of the National Council of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial is to commemorate the journey, re-kindle its spirit of discovery, and acclaim the contributions and goodwill of the native peoples.
Trail of Lewis and Clark Nebraska and Iowa:
Clarke, Charles G. The Men of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Biographical Roster of the Fifty-one Members and a Composite Diary of Their Activities from all the Known Sources.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/lewisandclark/learnmore.htm   (831 words)

  
 Events to celebrate Pittburgh's role in Lewis and Clark expedition - PittsburghLIVE.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This keelboat is a replica of the one used by Lewis and Clark
The keelboat is the heart of a 1,200-mile journey from Pittsburgh to Illinois in a recreation of the Lewis and Clark trip by the Discovery Expedition of St. Charles, Mo.
The Lewis and Clark expedition was not only a geographical task, but one that involved science, botany and zoology.
www.pittsburghlive.com:8000 /x/tribune-review/entertainment/s_85183.html   (2897 words)

  
 Plomet.com / Chiron - Primary Document
In 1803, explorers Captain Merriwether Lewis and William Clark started their journey across the newly purchased territories of the United States.
Lewis ascends the final ridge toward the Continental Divide and “the most distant fountain of the waters of the Mighty Missouri, in search of which we have spent so many toilsome days and restless nights” and joyously drinks from an ice-cold spring.
Climbing the rest of the ridge – Lemhi Pass, on the present-day border between Montana and Idaho – he expects to see from the summit a vast plain to the west, with a large river flowing to the Pacific: the Northwest Passage that had been the goal of explorers since the time of Columbus.
www.plomet.com /primdoc.html   (357 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Lewis & Clark
Fanselow, who has been researching the journey of Lewis and Clark in earnest since 1993, presents a worthwhile balance of historical reflection and contemporary pragmatism in her detailed, 300-page book.
Her kids-oriented "Going Along with Lewis and Clark" ($11.95) is a well-conceived larger-format book appropriate for grade schoolers and up.
Her "Lewis and Clark Expedition Illustrated Glossary" ($11.95) also makes an informative, fun, quick read for kids and parents.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /news/local/lewisclark/guidebooks.html   (1082 words)

  
 lewis and clark timeline and the lewis and clark expedition timeline
This is a Lewis and Clark Expedition timeline through the American West in 1804-1805
May 25— The expedition passes the small village of La Charette on the Missouri River.
September 25—The Teton Sioux (a subdivison of the Lakota) demand one of the boats as a toll for moving further upriver.
www.lewis-and-clark-expedition.com /Lewis-and-Clark-Timeline.aspx   (344 words)

  
 Lewis and clark expedition - Mrs. Drew's 5th Grade - Lewis & Clark Expedition
Lewis And Clark Expedition, Louisiana Purchase, Blackfeet Indians, Yellowstone River, lewis and clark expedition, louisiana purchase, flfeet indians,
The Lewis and Clark expedition was filled with scarcity issues.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition as researched by Mrs.
lewis-and-clark-expedition.surferspace.com   (273 words)

  
 Lewis and Clark's Historic Trail
In May, 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out on an amazing expedition across the Louisiana Territory.
It has been nearly 200 years since then, and the bicentennial of their historic journey is rapidly approaching.
One of the expedition's stops along the way was near present-day Yankton, South Dakota, and the Yankton Area Chamber of Commerce along with the Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan has put together this site to celebrate Yankton's place in history as well as sites along the rest of the Lewis and Clark Trail.
www.lewisclark.net   (114 words)

  
 timelines
Class chooses what they consider the most significant events to use in an illustrated timeline to be displayed in the school during the bicentennial of the Corps of Discovery expedition.
Assessment will be by way of review of the completed illustrations for the timeline, and review and scoring of the completed narrative paragraphs.
I see this as an activity that will be introduced and implemented, with the timeline being up, before the school’s open house in the fall.
www.bethel.k12.or.us /lewisandclark/lessons/timelines.html   (439 words)

  
 The Learning Page - Community Center - Lewis and Clark
AmericanTreasures: Lewis and Clark - (Exhibition) Examine maps and manuscripts documenting the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Lewis and Clark – Meeting of the Frontiers Gallery - (International) View Lewis and Clark photos and documents in the Exploration of the American West gallery.
Staff from The Library of Congress have generously donated favorite titles for the "Lewis and Clark..." theme.
memory.loc.gov /learn/community/cc_lewisandclark.php   (760 words)

  
 Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
We Proceeded On is the only scholarly journal dedicated to the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
The William P. Sherman Library and Archives is the premier facility dedicated to the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
We are dedicated to preserving and protecting the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.
www.lewisandclark.org   (69 words)

  
 Lewis and Clark Teacher's Resources
Overview of more than 50 tribes and bands that saw the western U.S. before Lewis and Clark ever set foot on it.
This leads to selecting the Lewis and Clark Trail as a natural means of passage.
This lesson plan is designed for use in a fifth grade classroom to last over a period of a week.
www.field-guides.com /ss/lewis-cl/tr.htm   (510 words)

  
 Lewis and Clark Expedition - Free Ebooks Online
Lewis and Clark Among the Indians, James P. Ronda, 1984
The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery (abridged), edited by Gary E. Moulton, 2003
They have varying degrees of historical accuracy, which is unfortunate as they help form much of the popular American belief of the expedition.
www.readersrus.com /history/LChistory2.htm   (383 words)

  
 The Lewis and Clark Expedition — www.greenwood.com
This scholarly introduction to the Lewis and Clark Expedition would be a fine starting place for someone interested in making a thorough study....[a]n important addition where research and interest in Lewis and Clark is extensive.
Description: William Clark and Meriwether Lewis are widely credited with exploring the American West and paving the way for settlement.
The expedition also relied heavily on the goodwill of Native Americans peopling the explored territory.
www.greenwood.com /catalog/GR1661.aspx   (235 words)

  
 purchase
Instead of sending only Lewis and Clark, there will be team comprised of people from very different backgrounds so that the facts they find will present as much truth about this new region as possible.
Read a timeline, interactive maps of their trip, excerpts from their journal, and biographies of the explorers.
Read the actual journals written by Lewis and Clark and their expedition.
www.pen.k12.va.us /Div/Stafford/gves/classrooms/sipple/purchase.html   (515 words)

  
 Lewis and Clark Expedition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
It gives you the timeline of Lewis and Clark's expedition such as on May 29, 1805, Clark named the Judith River in honor of a girl back home in Virginia that he hoped to marry.
It also has all the journals they kept throughout their expedition.
So, like I said earlier this has a lot of facts of the expedition and its a great site to check out.
northonline.sccd.ctc.edu /earlyus/_disc51/000004d2.htm   (108 words)

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