On Dec. 12, 1803, three dozen soldiers arrived at the mouth of the Wood River in what is now Hartford and started building a fort. They left a few months later, rowing several boats into history as ...

President Thomas Jefferson engineered the purchase of Louisiana from the French (800,000 square miles for 15 million dollars) ...

Today's guest botanist Rick McCourt tells the story of Lewis and Clark's collection of plant samples that went on a wild journey after the Corps of Discovery expedition came to ...

The Academy of Natural Sciences has safeguarded 222 pressed plants since the 19th century, with plans to display specimens in ...

Passengers can follow in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark along the Snake and Columbia rivers; cruise along the Mississippi River in search of Mark Twain and Elvis; look for local wildlife in the ...