Lewis and Clark expedition

1. A journey made by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, to explore the American Northwest, newly purchased from France, and some territories beyond. The expedition started from St. Louis, Missouri, and moved up the Missouri River and down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean. The information that Lewis and Clark gathered was of great help in the settlement of the West. (See also Louisiana Purchase.)

Example Sentences

The three plays that the 5th graders perform over the school year are “Miracle in Philadelphia” — about the 1787 Constitutional Convention, “Hello Louisiana” — about the Lewis and Clark expedition and “Water and Power” — about the industrial revolution and the fight for workers’ rights in the cotton mills of Lowell, Massachusetts.

From Los Angeles Times

Cases now explore weapons bans in early saloons, novelty air rifles on the Lewis and Clark expedition, concealed carry restrictions on bowie knives and 18th-century daggers known as “Arkansas toothpicks,” and a string-operated “trap gun” that may or may not be comparable to an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle.

From New York Times

An enslaved man was crucial to the Lewis and Clark expedition’s success.

From Washington Post

With this debate in mind, I am reminded of Bobbie Conner, a native woman whom I interviewed in 2005 for a series of stories about the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

From Seattle Times

The misconception drew its inspiration from the same combination of soaring hope and geographic ignorance that subsequently led Jefferson to believe that the Lewis and Clark expedition would discover a water route across the North American continent where none existed.

From Literature