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

Lewis and his chosen copilot Clark, a friend and fellow army veteran, started their expedition from Camp Wood in Illinois on May 14, 1804. Over the next two years, the explorers crossed 16 states ...

Six accounts by Corps members (a woodcut, from Gass' journal, 1810 edition) have provided grist for generations of historians. Library of Congress As the Lewis and Clark bicentennial approaches ...

Q: Are there any American Indian descendants of the members of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery? —Karen Wilson | Helena, Alabama In their journals, the men of the Corps of Discovery ...

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 ...

HARTFORD -The Lewis and Clark State Historic Site will commemorate the 221st anniversary of the start of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with the annual Point of Departure Commemoration May 10 and 11.

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HARTFORD – The Lewis and ... connected to the Expedition.” The public is welcome to this free event at Lewis and Clarke State Historic Site, located at 1 Lewis and Clark Trail in Hartford.

North Dakota and many of the other states that the original Lewis and Clark Expedition passed through had exhibit halls, although South Dakota did not. Altogether, 21 countries and 16 states used the ...

To lead the exploration, he appointed Meriwether Lewis, an outdoorsman and hunter who was 29 years old at the time, and William Clark, a 33-year-old trustworthy soldier. Together with a small team of ...