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Louisiana purchase
France sells 828,000 miles of land West of Mississippi River to the United States. This was known as the Louisiana purchase. -
Lewis makes first journal entry
Lewis was sent into the West to find new species of plants and animals and ended up finding 307. He recorded these in his journal. This was when he made his first journal entry. -
Men hired for Corps of Discovery
During October and November of 1803, the Corps of Discovery, an exploration program, was hiring people to go West with Lewis and Clark. -
Expedition spends winter near St. Charles
Lewis and Clark decide that their expedition should spend the Winter near St.Charles because of the threat of the cold and the wagons not being able to pass through snow easily. -
Sergent Charles Floyd died
He died next to Sioux city Iowa because his peritoneum burst. He was the only member of the expedition to die which is amazing for this time period, plus he would have died whether he was on the expedition or not. -
Expedition encounters first prarie dog colony
Lewis and Clarks encountered their first group of prarie dogs. This was the first recording of these fury creatures, which is amazing giving that we see them all the time in Colorado now. -
Lewis and Clark had first encounter with a Grizzly bear.
The explorers had their first encounter with a Grizzly bear, and quickly learned to avoid these creatures due to their ability to withstand many terrains and rip people apart. -
The expedition reaches the great falls of the Missouri River
The expedition had finally found the Great Falls of the Missouri River and laer find the main water way feeding it, which was, and still is, no more than a trickle. -
Sacagawea finds her brother
Sacagewea met the Shoshone chief Cameahwait her long lost brother, who she was taken away from when she was just 13 years old. -
Clark sights Mount Hood
Mount Hood was a great discovery during this day in age, given that it was far bigger than the Appalachian Mountains, but it is not the biggest mountain in the United States, Mount McKinley takes that prize by a long shot. -
Depart from Fort Clatsop and head back home
After spending the Winter of 1805-1806 at Fort Clatsop, South West of Astoria. Where they voted to stay, which was the first vote where blacks and women where allowed to vote, they where ready to head back home from their journey to find the Pacific Ocean. -
Lewis shot
While they where elk hunting Lewis was shot in the hip by one of his own men who had heard something and mistakenly shot Lewis.
