Sep 14, 2022
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known
as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the
United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western
portion of the country after the Louisiana
Purchase. The Corps of
Discovery was a select group of U.S.
Army and civilian volunteers
under the command of Captain Meriwether
Lewis and his close friend Second
Lieutenant William Clark.
Clark and 30 members set out from Camp Dubois,
Illinois, on May 14, 1804, met Lewis and ten other members of the
group in St. Charles,
Missouri, then went up the Missouri River.
The expedition crossed the Continental
Divide of the Americas near the Lemhi Pass,
eventually coming to the Columbia River,
and the Pacific
Ocean in 1805. The return voyage began on March 23, 1806,
at Fort Clatsop,
Oregon, and ended on September 23 of the same year.
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