The most significant dates affecting the Lewis and Clark Expedition are listed here. Compiled by Jill Jackson with input from Gary Moulton, Don Peterson, Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs, Landon Jones, and Dick Smith. For more in-depth coverage, visit our educational website at https://lewis-clark.org/day-by-day/calendar. 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 […]
Learning Resources
Teacher Resources
The American Legacy: The Lewis and Clark Expedition Curriculum and Resource Guide for Middle and Junior High Schools grades 5–9 by the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, 2001. The Corps of Volunteers for North Western Discovery created an American legacy. The success of this group of people history now calls the Lewis and Clark […]
The American Legacy Curriculum Guide
The American Legacy: The Lewis and Clark Expedition Curriculum and Resource Guide for Middle and Junior High Schools grades 5–9 by the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, 2001 Introductory Material Unit 1. Language Arts Unit 2. Social Studies Unit 3: Maps 4. Human Behavior Unit 5. Life Skills Unit 6. Native American Cultures Unit […]
William P. Sherman Library and Archives
The Sherman Library includes more than 3,000 rare and modern books and periodicals. The library focuses on subjects relevant to the Corps of Discovery Expedition, the history of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, biographies and descendants of the Corps of Discovery, the Indian Nations through whose lands the Corps passed, and the establishment […]
Corps of Discovery Curriculum Guide
Twenty-five years ago, the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation developed a cross-curricula guide for middle school educators. Our goal was to create an easy-to-use curriculum guide that was both historically accurate and culturally respectful. Today, we offer educators an updated version of that curriculum guide, with new lesson plans and resources, new student activities […]
The Lewis and Clark Story
Here, the entire Lewis and Clark story is told in a single page. Prelude: 1803 to May 1804 In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson won approval from Congress for a visionary project that was to become one of American history’s greatest adventure stories. Jefferson wanted to know if Americans could journey overland to the Pacific Ocean […]
Meet the Corps Members
Information about the people in the Lewis and Clark Expedition including officers, enlisted men, and interpreters like Charbonneau and Sacagawea. For more in-depth articles, see our educational website at https://lewis-clark.org/primary/members. Captain Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809) Captain William Clark (1770–1838) Sergeant Charles Floyd (1782–1804) Sergeant Patrick McLene Gass (1771–1870) Sergeant John Ordway (ca. 1775–ca.1817) Sergeant Nathaniel Hale […]
Reimagining America: The Maps of Lewis and Clark
This traveling exhibit—available to libraries, museums, and visitor centers everywhere—uses large-scale reproductions of historic maps, photos, and explanatory text to show how America looked before the journey of Lewis and Clark, and what it looked like after. In 1804–06, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led an expedition from the Mississippi to the Pacific. Their primary […]
Living History Groups
The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation supports living history. We share events and many of our members are re-enactors. Send living history event dates and updates to webmaster@lewisandclark.org. The Discovery Expedition of St. Charles, Missouri (DESC) Area: Lewis & Clark Boat House and Nature Center, St. Charles, Missouri. This group travels all through the […]
Lewis and Clark Historic Trail Interpretive Center Plants
With our headquarters at the Lewis and Clark Historic Trail Interpretive Center in Great Falls, Montana, we are proud to host these pages elaborating the interpretive signs for several plants growing on the center’s grounds. The center is operated by the U.S. Forest Service. Smokey and Darnell Rides At The Door provided the traditional Blackfeet […]