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Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, Missouri, in May 1804. They traveled on boat up the Missouri River.
It was the Missouri River
It was the Missouri River
It was the Missouri River
St Louis, Missouri was the starting point and the Pacific Ocean in Oregon was the final stop.
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, and Zebulon Pike
No, the Oregon Trail was used by people moving to settle in Oregon later in the Nineteenth Century. It didn't exist yet when Lewis and Clark surveyed the land the United States gained in the Louisiana Purchase. In fact, the Oregon Territory was not even a part of the Louisiana Purchase.
northwest unless I'm mistaken.
In the Lewis and Clark journals it does not state specifically at what time Lewis and Clark left St. Louis. However, most of the time Lewis preferred to leave in the early morning to travel as far as possible. But it had rained during the first half of the day, so it can be supposed that Lewis and Clark left perhaps around 10:00 am rather than their usual 7:00 or 8:00 am.
To travel from St. Louis to the Mandan villages, it took Lewis and Clark 1 year, 5 months, 9 days. From Wednesday, May 30, 1804 to Thursday, November 7, 1805.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition : Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark .
Lewis and Clark finished their expedition in September 1806 when they returned to St. Louis, Missouri.