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Contrary to popular belief, the expedition DID NOT begin in St. Louis, Missouri. The first entry in the Lewis and Clark Expedition Journals state that the journey began in Pittsburgh, PA on August 30, 1803. Lewis, who had been assigned by Jefferson sailed down the Ohio River with supplies towards St. Louis.
William Clark would offer to join Lewis on the expedition weeks later on October 13, 1803 at Camp Dubois (in present-day Indiana). They then named their team the "Corps of Discovery." From there, they sailed down the Ohio River towards St. Louis. Meriwether Lewis had spent the time prior to their departure in St. Louis gathering information from mountain men returning from the west. They then departed St. Louis in May 1804 heading up the Missouri River.
If you don't believe that the expedition began in Pittsburgh, please check the related link below. It leads to a copy of the original Lewis and Clark Journals online. If you click the first entry, you will see that this is true
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In what year did the Lewis and Clark Expedition begin?
1804
Who was in charge of the Lewis and clark expedition?
Meriwether Lewis was in charge and William Clark came as his assistant. But the Lewis And Clark Expedition is still know as The Lewis And Clark Expedition.
What year was the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
Lewis & Clark began their expedition in 1804.
Who was involved in the Lewis and clark expation?
sacagawea,lewis,clark,thomas jefferson
What rivers did Lewis and Clark find?
Lewis and Clark found the Missouri River.
Who was Toussaint Charbonneau in the Lewis and clark expeditions?
Toussaint was the husband of Sacajawea.
What was one of the Lewis and Clark expeditions?
to explore and find out what was in the Louisiana territory
What were the major expeditions of Lewis and Clark?
The Lewis and Clark expedition to fined a rout to the pacific ocean was the only expedition Lewis and Clark went on together, because a few years later Lewis killed himself.
What years did Lewis and Clark's expeditions span?
The expedition lasted from 1804 to 1806.
He was a pioneer in transpolar flights and led four scientific expeditions to the Antarctic?
Lewis and Clark
What did the Lewis and Clark expeditions do that Americans had ever done before?
yo yo mahha
Who was sacagwea?
sacagawea was a native American who assisted Lewis and Clark during their expeditions in American for translating for them.
When did the Lewis and Clark Expidition begin?
1804
How were Lewis and Clark selected to lead the expedition?
Because they were the best at going on expeditions out of the people they could have chosen.
Who offered the sale of Louisiana to the US?
The expeditions of Lewis and Clark and of Zebulon Pike expanded knowledge of which regions?
Where and when did the journey of Lewis and Clark begin?
st. louis
In what year did the Lewis and Clark Expedition begin?
1804
