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Lewis and Clark Expedition

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  • The Birth of Clark

    The Birth of Clark
    William Clark was born in Virginia in 1770. At the age of 15 his family moved to Kentucky.

  • The Birth of Lewis

    The Birth of Lewis
    Meriwether Lewis was born in Virginia in the year 1774 but his childhood was in Georgia.

  • The start of the Expedition

    The start of the Expedition
    Captain Lewis and Clark were commanded by the President in the year 1804 to explore the Missouri river to find a way to the Pacific Ocean because President Jefferson wasn't sure of what he bought for 15 million dollars.

  • Meeting Sacagawea

    Meeting Sacagawea
    In Fort Mandan, Lewis and Clark met French-Canadian trapper Toussaint Charbonneau and hired his wife as an interpreter. They allowed his pregnant Shoshone Indian wife Sacagawea to join him on the expedition.

  • Beginning

    Beginning
    Clark and the Corps joined Lewis in St. Charles, Missouri and headed upstream on the Missouri River in the keelboat(a yacht) and two smaller boats. There was 158 people on the boat.

  • Mississippi River

    Mississippi River
    Clark took the boat up the Mississippi River while Lewis continued along on horseback to collect additional supplies.

  • One person who died

    One person who died
    Corps member Sergeant Charles Floyd died of an abdominal infection(appendix). He was the only member of the Corps to die on their journey.

  • Reached River

    Reached River
    The explores reached the Columbia River on Oct.16

  • Reaching the Ocean

    Reaching the Ocean
    Lewis and Clark reached a stormy Pacific Ocean on November 15,1805.

  • Returning to Washington D.C.

    Returning to Washington D.C.
    Lewis and Clark returned to Washington, D.C., in the fall of 1806 and shared their experiences with President Jefferson.