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May 30, 2023 · In 1804, he sent Lewis and Clark out on a wild adventure to do just that. He also hoped they would find some woolly mammoths. He was convinced they'd be out there... (They weren't, woolly...
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Sep 1, 2022 · Have you ever heard of the Lewis and Clark Expedition? What about Sacagawea? In this video, you and your kids will learn all about this incredible journey. B...
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When Thomas Jefferson became the third president of the United States in 1801, the country basically stopped at the Mississippi River. Francecontrolled much of the land to the west of this waterway. President Jefferson wanted to acquire the Port of New Orleans, in what is now the state of Louisiana, from the French. Its prime location made it a key...
In the spring of 1804, Lewis, Clark, and dozens of other men left St. Louis, Missouri, by boat. They traveled westward through what is now Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. In November they reached Knife River Village in present-day North Dakota. There they met a young Shoshone Native American woman called Sacagawea(Sa-kuh-juh-WEE-uh) and...
After a long winter waiting out the bad weather, the Corps was able to start making their way back east in March 1806. After returning Sacagawea and her husband to North Dakota, the remainder of the Corps arrived back in Missouri in late September, more than two years after they started their expedition. Lewis and Clark’s team mapped uncharted land...
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...
Between 1804 and 1806 a group of U.S. soldiers and explorers traveled from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast and back. The leaders of this expedition, or journey, were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. In 1803 the United States had bought a huge territory west of the Mississippi River. It was called the Louisiana Territory.
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Jul 13, 2024 · The Lewis and Clark Expedition was an expedition by Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809) and William Clark (1770–1838), two men chosen by United States President Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase, which the country had just bought from France. (This land was made up of much of what is now the Central and Western United States).
