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Portion of William Clark's map, published 1814.

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Portion of William Clark's map, published 1814.

The members of the Corps of Discovery traveled over 3700 miles between May of 1804 and September of 1806. Their journey followed the courses of the Missouri and Columbia rivers. They crossed the Rocky and Bitteroot Mountains. They saw the Pacific Ocean. Although the lands they traveled were largely unknown to Euro-Americans, many American Indian tribes had called these places home for centuries. 

These are some of the significant sites of the Expedition:
Fort Clatsop
Spirit Mound
Beaverhead Rock
Camp Dubois
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Reenactors portray members of the Corps of Discovery
Meet the Members of the Expedition
Learn more about some of the many people who had a role in the Expedition.
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An Expedition journal  

Did You Know?
For 200 years, the Expedition journals have been the source for knowledge and understanding of the Corps of Discovery. There are, however, more than 50 tribes whose oral histories also record the events and people of the Corps.

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