Search results
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...
An exploration and timeline of Jefferson's role in the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and the Westward Expansion of the United States. Learn about the Lewis and Clark journey from its beginnings in 1804.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase.
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.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition. Portrait of Thomas Jefferson by James L. Dick. Thomas Jefferson was elected to the presidency in 1800. Two years later, he decided to organize an official, government-sponsored expedition to explore the upper reaches of the Missouri River and by so doing to find the elusive Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean ...
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.
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.
