Lewis & Clark Legacy

Maka h IR N ation al His Lo toric lo Tra Lewis and Clark Land il National Historic Trail 5 ma rk Interpretive Center Qu inault IR SEAT Colv Exploration TLE W ille IR ASHINGTON Upper Missouri River Breaks Cap Blackfeet IR Discovering the Legacy of Lewis and Clark Fo e D National M rt C isap Spokane IR onum The Corps of Discovery traveled latsop N poin S National Historical ParkSPOKANE 15 ent tme tatio Nez Perce n n L LE R a t C EW WIS up the Missouri River, over the id tion am IS Rocky Bo Fort Belknap Red Lake IR gefie al M p 90 ys IR ld N em IR Rocky Mountains, and down the at orial Turtle Mountain IR Bicentennial Commemoration 2003-2006 io 8 Flathe Fort Peck Co C na 2 ad LEWIS nfluence olum l W IR Indian Reservation of Yellowsto Snake and Columbia Rivers. ild Yak M Mis ne and bia life Ind ama Lew ONTANA souri Rivers R R ian R nake Rive Coeu is and Clark LEWIS M e es S r r d LEWIS iss iver G erv ’A o R Despite great physical challenges, fug ation RICHLAND lene uri e IR e o LEW rg P IS Three Tribes M d e N ORT LEWIS isolation, and near starvation at LA C LEWIS Pass useum ation ND olumbia GREA Fort Berthold Red Lake Bois Forte Passamaquoddy IR al S River T Charles M. Russell Spirit Lake IR IR ge times, the expedition mapped cenic A MISSOULA FALLS IR Fort B IR Grand Porta Lake K National W erthold Reservation IR S Ro R Travelers' Rest up E c Ne A e vast territories of the West. In rea k Uma z Per L Gates of the Mountains r tilla ce WEI C ildlife Refuge io IN Fort IR IR PPE State Park Knife R r A W Tamastslikt iver Fort Mand M 95 November 1805, they reached arm r an and Lewis a Leech Lake Sprin e Indian Villages Inte nd Clark gs Cultural Institute 90 Riv rpretive Cen IR their ultimate destination, the IR Gibbons National Historic Site ter White Earth L’Anse IR BUTTE Pomp BISMARCK IR 84 Pass Na eys Lost T tion Pilla 94 Pacific Ocean. The words of ra T al M r stone CLARK On R T CLARK o -a-S i IR h n R ac N il ree um ow lant Indian v FARGO Fond du L O Fo en ll Village e M P rks t e r i ER their journals provide exciting as Y v River V s RK BILLINGS e Bad CLA r IR 89 glimpses of their remarkable O Northern NORTH DAKOTA 35 REGO Natio Beaverhead Rock Cheyenne 5 na Le LARK IR mbeau L PORTLAND l His mh C Crow IR Lac du Fla a adventures. toric i Pas Courte Oreilles k N La s Stand Lac IR e ndm Cam 90 ing Rock IR MINNESOTA IR ark p Fortunate Preparation Lake Traverse 87 93 IDAHO Indian R eservation ISCONSIN H W NEW BOISE Cheyenn enominee IR u 81 e River IR M r On January 18, 1803, MINNEAPOLIS Stockbridge- o HAMPSHIRE SOU n TH DAKOTA Munsee IR President Jefferson asked n 39 tario SETTS ON Oneida IR a 75 On HU ST Sn 29 e AC BO Congress for $2,500 for a Yurok IR a 15 g ak USE ASS k i L C e PIERRE 43 SYRA M 91 h small U.S. Army unit to Bad River The Narrow 94 c Isabella ALBANY Hoopa Valley IR s i n n Reservatio 90 R Fort Hall Confluence India RI explore the Missouri and W M IR ind River Crow Creek IR NEW YORK UT Ind Lower Brule 90 BUFFALO 88 ECTIC ian R CONN HARTFORD Columbia Rivers. Jefferson 86 Rese IR 90 augus I Duck V rvation AN Cattar IR alley ICHIG 69 Pine Rid M 95 chose Captain Meriwether ge SIOUX FALLS 94 84 IR 90 gany IR WYO Rosebud IR Calumet MILWAUKEE 96 Alle Lewis to lead this expedition. MIN Yankton e

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N expedition had traveled nearly N 10 A Rive A Preparation L r E 8,000 miles of territory in T io NEW A C R over 2 years. Their detailed O ORLEANS FLORIDA FORT CLATSOP NDO journals contributed impor- MONTICELLO Recruitment SAN ANTONIO HOUSTON ORLA tant information about the ST LOUIS SCALE 1:6,336,000 land, its geographic features, 4 Exploration and 0 100 200 300 400 miles AMPA its natural resources, and its 37 T Homecoming 35 95 native peoples. P AC G 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 kilometers On July 25, 1806, Captain Clark inscribed his own IF ra IC n Brighton IR OC d name and date in the rock of "Pompeys Tower," EA N Indian Reservation e 75 Lake One inch represents 100 miles or about 161 kilometers bee Okeecho named for Sacagawea's son whom he nicknamed ss Tribal Reservations are not public lands and are enclosed by boundaries established by treaties and proclamations. In most Big Cypre "Pomp." Today, Pompeys Pillar National Monument, IR Louisiana Purchase cases these boundaries enclose more acreage than is held in trust. It is impractical to separate trust lands from other near Billings, Montana, is the only site along the kee IR Boundary interspersed lands at this scale. Tribal Reservations smaller than a township (36 square miles, or roughly 23,000 acres) Miccosu entire Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail where generally are omitted. Scale does not permit naming each of the Indian lands in California. MIAMI the public can view physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Lewis and Clark Preparation route source: Frank Muhly, Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia Chapter National Historic Trail