Discovering Lewis & Clark: Through the Valleys of Lewis's River

This section of the larger website Discovering Lewis & Clark explores the Corps of Discovery's time at the Marias River.

This section of the larger site Discovering Lewis and Clark describes in detail the Corps' journey between Packer Meadow and Canoe Camp in 1805.

This section of the larger Discovering Lewis & Clark recounts the use and rationing of spirits by the Expedition.

This section of Discovering Lewis & Clark examines the 'Great Falls' which the expedition had to portage around during the westward leg of their 1805-06 exploration of the Louisiana Purchase.

Meet some of the members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. They were fur traders, interpreters, hunters, guides, and enlisted men.

The expedition spent two and a half months descending the Ohio River. This journal entry describes the Corps of Discovery and their journey down that river.

This entry from William Clark's journals outlines the importance of the falls of the Missouri in the expedition of Lewis and Clark.

Provides images taken in the air of the Lewis and Clark trail. Select photos from the linked numerals on the maps, or from the titles listed sequentially beneath the maps for more detailed information on each stop.

Journal entry tells about the exploration by the expedition of the north bank of the Columbia River estuary from the Cascades to the Pacific Coast.

Read the story of Antoine du Pratz's History of Louisiana (1774) which was carried by Lewis and Clark on their expedition to serve as a guide for the kind of information Jefferson wanted the expedition to acquire.