Library of Congress As the Lewis and Clark bicentennial approaches—the Corps of Discovery set out from CampDubois at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers on May 14, 1804—all ...

Lewis claimed his messages to Clark were just “an imagination,” a “fantasy-type thing” and “a joke.” He claimed they weren’t threatening despite their graphic, violent, sexual nature.

Folks in Jamestown heard details of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in April of 1905.

This medal is one of only three, four-inch peace medals taken on the expedition and given to the most important leaders.