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Lewis & Clark National Historic TrailCorps of Discovery II traveling exhibit tents showing images of American Indian tribes that Lewis and Clark met on their journey.
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Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
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The efforts of many individuals and groups – among them military men and scientists, a president and a slave, women and men, French-speaking boatmen and American Indians – determined the fate of the Corps of Discovery. 

Who were the members of the Corps of Discovery? Find out here and here.

 

 

 
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Lewis and Clark NHT Photo Albums
Explore the Lewis and Clark story and Trail through pictures.
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Plants of the Expedition
The amateur scientists of the Expedition were the first to describe over 150 plants.
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Columbia River  

Did You Know?
Jefferson sent the Corps of Discovery to find the "most direct & practicable water communication across [the] continent." Although the Corps did not find the water route Jefferson had hoped for, they did explore 4 major rivers: the Missouri, the Columbia, the Snake, and the Yellowstone.

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