The Missouri River flowed east, merging with the Mississippi en route to the Gulf of Mexico, while the Columbia flowed west from a similar latitude and spilled into the Pacific Ocean. Little was known about North America west of the Mississippi at the beginning of the 1800s. York, Meriwether Lewis, Seaman (dog), William Clark, and George Drouillard.Ī Narrative of their travels at the Missouri Headwaters
Lewis and Clark statues in Jefferson City, Missouri, featuring from left to right: | Float the River | Campsites | Maps | Lewis and Clark | Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
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