They used their skills and ability to get past the Continental Divide. Sacajawea really helped them , because her brother was the chief. They found food on the way to help them survive.
Lemhi Pass
The Shoshone tribe's help.
August 11-12 1805
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Lewis and Clark first crossed the Continental Divide on June 24, 1805, at Lemhi Pass in present-day Montana. This was a significant milestone in their expedition as it marked their passage from the eastward-flowing rivers to westward-flowing ones.
In 1803 Lewis and Clark left St. Louis, MO and traveled through these modern states: Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota and Montana. They crossed the continental divide through Idaho and then traveled down the Columbia River through Washington and then along the Washington/Oregon border.
Lewis and Clark Departed from St. Louis, up the Missouri river to the rocky mountains and through the continental pass and on the Columbia river to the pacific
No, Lewis and Clark only explored from the east coast of the continental United States to the west coast of the continental United States.
Lewis and Clark began their ascent of the Rocky Mountains in the summer of 1805. They reached the continental divide at Lemhi Pass in late August of that year. The expedition's journey through the Rockies was a challenging part of their exploration, significantly impacting their route and interactions with Native American tribes.
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark embarked on their Corps of Discovery trip to explore and map the Louisiana purchase for President Thomas Jefferson. It was the first expedition to explore the western portion of the continent, beginning on the Mississippi and going west through the continental divide to the Pacific coast.
Lewis and Clark's expedition fulfilled Thomas Jefferson's Continental vision because Jefferson want the U.S. to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and even though there was no "Northwest' passage" Lewis and Clark still discovered a way to get to the Pacific ocean through rivers branching out.
It was 1805 when Lewis and Clark passed through Idaho.