Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark lead a group of men called the "Corps of Discovery" to explore the Louisiana Territory from 1804 to 1806.
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Two of them are Charles Sergeant Floyd and Private John Shields.
After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the part of the Louisiana Purchase that would eventually become the State of Louisiana was organized into the Territory of Orleans. The Territory of Louisiana was the other part of the Louisiana purchase that became the State of Arkansas and everything North of that. (The land north of Lake Ponchartrain and east of the Mississippi River was known as "West Florida" and was owned at the time by Great Britain.)
the louisiana purchase
The states that came from Louisiana territory include North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas.
west of Mississippi river
The territory beyond Louisiana along the Columbia River explored by Lewis and Clark was part of the Oregon Country. They traveled through this region in 1805-1806, documenting the landscape, wildlife, and interactions with Native American tribes. Their expedition was instrumental in expanding knowledge of the American West.
Louisiana Purchase
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Two of them are Charles Sergeant Floyd and Private John Shields.
The Louisiana Territory/The Louisiana Purchase
After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the part of the Louisiana Purchase that would eventually become the State of Louisiana was organized into the Territory of Orleans. The Territory of Louisiana was the other part of the Louisiana purchase that became the State of Arkansas and everything North of that. (The land north of Lake Ponchartrain and east of the Mississippi River was known as "West Florida" and was owned at the time by Great Britain.)
the louisiana purchase
robert de la salle explored the entire length of the mississippi river and he planted a french flag at the mouth of the river claiming everything west of the mississippi river for france and he named the vast area louisiana after the french monarch king louis XIV
Pikes adventure was of the south west of the Louisiana territory. The goal of Pikes expedition was to find the source of the Red River
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The states that came from Louisiana territory include North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas.