Explore the Missouri and other rivers to find the best route across the continent.
What supplies should we bring?
This river is so clear.
Thomas Jefferson organized an expedition, for Lewis and Clark, to explore the uncharted west, animals, and plants.
Nice! You got a buffalo!
Congress allotted Lewis and Clark $2,500 dollars, which was used for 2 tons worth of supplies; including guns, ammunition, medical supplies, and scientific instruments.
Our winter quarters!
They started in the Mississippi and went through the Missouri river, the Dakota's, Fort Mandan, northern Missouri, Great Falls of Missouri, Gates of the Rockies, western valleys, the Bitterroot Crossing, Clarwater and Snake Rivers, the Columbus River, Fort Clatsop, and returned on the Yellowstane River.
We have encountered so much this exploration!
Lewis and Clark shot a buffalo and as is fell, a grizzly bear attacked them. They also encountered many illnesses and became "the walking hospital."
On the Pacific Coast, Lewis and Clark established Fort Clatsop as their winter quarters.