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Lewis and Clark Expedition Timeline (1803 – 1843)
Corps of Discovery
The Lewis and Clark Expedition Timeline lists all of the references to the Expedition
appearing in Old West Daily Reader; in date order.
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Week Date Remarks
03 01/18/1739 Peter Pond
31 08/01/1770 Born: William Clark
29 07/22/1793 Alexander Mackenzie
19 05/13/1804 Lewis & Clark Expedition
20 05/14/1804 Camp Dubois
33 08/18/1774 Born: Meriwether Lewis
34 08/25/1804 Wičhíyena Sioux
39 09/24/1804 Dakota Territory
07 02/12/1805 Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (Pomp)
14 04/07/1805 Sacagawea
17 04/26/1805 Corps of Discovery
32 08/12/1805 Lemhi Pass
49 12/07/1805 Fort Clatsop
12 03/22/1806 Depart Fort Clatsop
38 09/23/1806 St. Louis, MO – Completed!
41 10/11/1809 Died: Meriwether Lewis
51 12/22/1812 – Died: Sacagawea
08 02/24/1829 René Auguste Chouteau
35 09/01/1838 Died: William Clark
32 08/12/1843 Died: Toussaint Charbonneau
for more information relative to the Lewis and Clark Expedition
on Old West Daily Reader
see also:
The Originals Index – Commerce in the Old West – 1804 – Corps of Discovery
Photo Gallery Index – Military Photos
The Originals Index – Western Forts and Trading Posts
The Originals – Battlefields and Massacres – Massacres by Indians
The Originals – Battlefields and Massacres – Massacres of Indians
FYI:
The Corps of Discovery had special instructions to send back
whatever ten-foot lions, giant sloths, and woolly mammoths they could find.
see:
References – Dictionary – Eremotherium (Giant Ground Sloth) and Wooly Mammoth
They ate more than 200 dogs over the course of their trip.
Most of the explorers preferred dog meat to venison.
Crossing the Rocky Mountains, almost out of bullets and little opportunity to hunt or forage,
the explorers resorted to eating their beef tallow candles.
The Expedition traveled approximately 8,000 miles.
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