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Nov 9, 2009 · The Lewis and Clark Expedition began in 1804, when President Thomas Jefferson tasked Meriwether Lewis with exploring the lands west of the Mississippi River that comprised the Louisiana Purchase.
Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by veteran first-person intrepreter Bill Barker, talks about the Lewis and Clark Expedition and its discoveries. Aired on September 8, 2020.
The expedition crossed the Continental Divide of the Americas near the Lemhi Pass, eventually coming to the Columbia River, and the Pacific Ocean in 1805. The return voyage began on March 23, 1806, at Fort Clatsop, Oregon, ending six months later on September 23 of that year.
Origins of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Long before he became the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson had dreamed of sending explorers across North America. When Jefferson took office in 1801, most of the United States population lived within 50 miles of the Atlantic Ocean.
Lewis and Clark planned to winter near long-established villages inhabited by large numbers of the Mandan and Hidatsa tribes, north of present-day Bismarck, North Dakota. On October 26, 1804, the Expedition arrived at the earth-lodge Indian villages, approximately 1,600 miles from Camp Dubois.
Relief and joy were obvious in the note Thomas Jefferson dashed off in response to Meriwether Lewis's letter announcing his safe return with William Clark and their expedition force. With their Corps of Volunteers for North West Discovery, the two explorers reached St. Louis in 1806, nearly two and half years after they had set out on the ...
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Jan 30, 2023 · The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was a mission commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson in 1803 to explore and map the newly acquired western territory of the United States.
