On Nov. 15, 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition reached the shores of the Pacific Ocean a year and a half after starting out from St. Louis, Missouri. The explorers poled keelboats and sometimes ...

Thomas P. Lowry has a blunt way with book titles. His latest, Venereal Disease and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (University of Nebraska Press), adorns a study that is direct and brief, with one ...

Foreword -- Introduction -- Politics and passion: the exploration of the American wilderness -- Meriwether Lewis and William Clark: the right stuff of 1803 -- Just doing the best we can: development ...

"Quitting wasn't an option. We quit. We die," said Tom Wilson, a former park ranger at Fort Clatsop at Lewis and Clark ...

Wilson vividly describes the grueling conditions faced by Lewis and Clark during their trek, emphasizing the critical nature of teamwork and resilience in such extreme environments. “We like to think ...

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (KOLN) - A group of Lewis and Clark enthusiasts put on a reenactment in Nebraska city on Tuesday, of the team’s famous 1804 journey across the American west. The Discovery ...

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The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation's Sacagawea Project published a book compiling oral history, historical documents and DNA evidence they say proves Sacagawea was Hidatsa, not Shoshone. Sacagawea ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - On Saturday, April 12, a Siouxland museum will begin displaying a rare artifact that dates back to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It’s a peace medal that came through Sioux City ...

The public is invited to sign up for a historic cruise on the Grampa Woo yacht, recently available to the community through the Convention and Visitors Bureau for short cruises on the Mississippi ...

Jim Paunicka of Belle Rive, Missouri listens to a presentation on Lewis and Clark Expedition clothing during the Arrival event over the weekend at Lewis and Clark State Historic Site. Riley McDade ...