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Just back from a road trip following the Lewis & Clark Expedition. I had queried FR before we left for 'must see' so wanted to follow up. #1 - We saw Trump signs everywhere!! We left from LA, visited friends in Idaho, then headed east through: Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, and home. Not a Biden sign to be seen! It was very encouraging, especially being here in the Occupied Territories. We saw more folks wearing masks than I had expected, but perhaps that was bc we were either in motels or at National Park...

We are Trail Nuts. We head next week to follow some of the Lewis & Clark/ Pony Express/ Oregon Trails. We'll spend most of our time in Wyoming, the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Kansas, returning to LA via Colorado. Any historic sites that are imperative to see? Any 'don't bothers'? We'll also be taking day hikes. Any warnings re masks in these parts? Needing a taste of freedom after too much time in Commie California. Thanks

Hundreds of bison skulls washed onshore below Oahe Dam when the Missouri River flooded in 2011. The river refused to yield an item of great historic interest, though: an anchor that has lain at the bottom of the river for more than two centuries. The anchor came to rest in the silt of the Missouri River the night of Sept. 27, 1804, after being cut from the keelboat used in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The Corps of Discovery, as the scientific expedition was called, consisted of 45 men traveling in a keelboat and two flat-bottomed boats called pirogues when...

On August 20, 1804, the Corps of Discovery, led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, found themselves near present day Sioux City, Iowa. The Corps was just over three months into their journey and had paddled, pushed and pulled their small flotilla of boats over 500 miles up the Missouri River. Since their departure from St. Louis on May 14, the Corps had traveled further up the Missouri than any other American. They celebrated the first Fourth of July west of the Mississippi near today’s Fort Leavenworth, Kansas by firing their cannon and issuing an extra ration of whiskey...

By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Before the going got tough, the tough went shopping: opium, inkstands, sealing wax and "portable soup" were all on the list of explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who launched an epic journey into the unknown American West exactly 200 years ago.   To mark Friday's anniversary, the National Archives offered a glimpse of documents that shed light on the careful planning and provisioning for the Lewis and Clark expedition from St. Louis to the Pacific and back. "We were now about to penetrate a country of at least 2,000 miles in width, on...

Illinois site marks place where Lewis, Clark and 11 Kentuckians, spent bitter winter BERRY CRAIG Associated Press HARTFORD, Ill. - Pvt. John Colter was cold or bored, or maybe both. The young Kentuckian and three other soldiers left Camp River Dubois allegedly for "hunting or other business." They sneaked off to a "neighboring Whiskey shop" and got caught. Their commander confined them to camp for 10 days. The officer was Capt. Meriwether Lewis of the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-1806. The party of explorers, which included 11 Kentuckians, wintered in 1803-1804 at Camp River Dubois near Hartford, Ill....

WASHINGTON -- The site where the Lewis and Clark reached the end of their journey West and first spied the Pacific Ocean would become part of the National Park system under legislation the Bush administration proposed Monday. The site near the mouth of the Columbia River, known as Station Camp, along with two other spots along the Columbia in Washington would become part of a new Lewis and Clark National Historic Park. "This will be the single most compelling legacy for the Lewis and Clark bicentennial in Washington state," said Dave Nicandri, director of the Washington State Historical Society in...

Black explorer of 1803 featured: Lewis and Clark figure brought to life on stage By Cindy Schroeder The Cincinnati Enquirer UNION - Two hundred years ago this week, Congress appropriated $2,500 for the Lewis and Clark expedition. President Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to find a water route across North America. During their 28-month, 8,000 mile journey, the 33-member Corps of Discovery, as the party was known, opened the uncharted West. The explorers established trading relationships with Indian tribes and discovered 177 plants and 122 animals. Hasan Davis to play York Thursday, Tristate residents can learn about the...