Before Lewis met up with Clark, he began the expedition on August 30, 1803 in Pittsburgh PA. Lt. William Clark would offer to join Lewis on the expedition weeks later on October 13, 1803 at Camp Dubois (in present-day Indiana). From there, they sailed down the Ohio River towards St. Louis.
In spring 1805, they continued to the headwaters of the Missouri River, struggled across the Continental Divide, and headed west along the Salmon, Snake, and Columbia Rivers to the Pacific. They landed at the mouth of the Columbia River, Astoria, Oregon. In total they had traveled 7,689 miles (13,532,640 yards; 40,597,920 feet). The expedition then ended on September 23, 1806 upon their return to St. Louis from Oregon.
Lewis and Clark were sent to the Louisiana Territory to explore new land.
Lewis and Clark
Louisiana Purchase
Meriweather Lewis and William Clark led the expedition that explored the Louisiana Territory for the US government.
They explored the Louisiana Territory.
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The "Discovery Corps", which was led by Lewis and Clark.The Corp of Discovery with Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark explored the Louisiana Territory.
to explore the Louisiana Territory
The famous explorers, Lewis and Clark, did not in fact buy the Louisiana Territory. Rather, it was the American government, led by President Thomas Jefferson, that purchased Louisiana from the European nation of France in 1803.
Lewis became Governor of the Louisiana territory and Clark became Governor of the Missouri territory