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America's greatest story of adventure, the Corps of Discovery, was led by Lewis and Clark
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America's greatest story of adventure, the Corps of Discovery, was led by Lewis and Clark
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Follow Lewis and Clark’s 19th-century voyage.
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After two long months of travel, the Corps were still in what is now Missouri.
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Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the first American expedition.
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His only request, was that the women and children of his village see the keelboat.
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As Lewis and Clark headed West, they noted a dramatic change in climate and scenery.
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Lewis and Clark sent a shipment of specimens to President Thomas Jefferson.
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The youngest member of the Corps of Discovery is born.
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Lewis shoots a Grizzly bear after passing the mouth of the Yellowstone river.
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Lewis approaches the Continental Divide which no American citizen had ever been before.
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Chief Cameahwait agrees to sell the Corps of Discovery all the horses they needed.
