The Louisiana Purchase nearly doubled the size of the ... had already dispatched Meriwether Lewis to lead an expedition to explore the territory and the lands beyond. All the way to the Pacific.

The Lewis and Clark State Historic Site will commemorate the 221st anniversary of the start of the Lewis and Clark Expedition ...

President Thomas Jefferson engineered the purchase of Louisiana from the French (800,000 square miles for 15 million dollars). Congress received a confidential message from Jefferson to outfit an ...

Most Americans have heard the story of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery that was sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the new Louisiana Purchase from 1804-1806. What most people do not ...

After the Louisiana Purchase was made by President Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, and frontiersman William Clark were ...

Lewis and Clark County commissioners recently awarded a bid that included roadwork and OK'd a contract for reviewing repairs needed for the courthouse roof and gutter project. The commissioners ...

Just upstream from Giant Springs State Park, the Lewis and Clark Interpretive ... from its inception following the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803 to its conclusion in St. Louis ...