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Education

• The Big Muddy:  The River of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
• Bureau of Land Management in Idaho
• Chasing Lewis and Clark Across America
  Retrace Lewis and Clark's journey through aerial photographs.
• DESE Lewis and Clark Links
  List of Lewis and Clark links. This list is maintained by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
• Discovery Expedition of St. Charles
  This site is dedicated to living history---bringing the story of Lewis and Clark alive through river-based reenactments, with replicas of their boats as a centerpoint.
• Fort Clatsop National Memorial
  Members of thew Lewis and Clark expedition experienced mixed emotions when they reached their goal near the present site of Fort Columbia Historical State Park. They were elated at having accomplished their mission -- crossing from the Missouri to the Pac
• Lewis & Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition
  Detailed information about the upcoming exhibit.
• Lewis and Clark in Idaho
  Lewis and Clark in Idaho
• Lewis and Clark Trail - Re-live the Adventure
  Follow the Lewis and Clark trail across the West.
• Moulton's Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
  
• National Geographic's Lewis and Clark website
  An interactive website that allows the viewer to re-live the Lewis and Clark expedition.
• PBS Online - Lewis and Clark
  PBS web site dedicated to the Ken Burns film, Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
• The Journals of Lewis and Clark
  The Journals of Lewis and Clark
• The National Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Council
  website for the National Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Commemoration
• The Nature Conservancy
  Two hundred years after the Corps of Discovery, many of the marvels they witnessed are gone while some remain. Along the trail, The Nature Conservancy and its partners are working to restore America's natural heritage.
• Westward Expansion
  Includes maps of Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804, Santa Fe Trail 1821, Oregon Trail 1835 and Pony Express Route 1860
• Wisconsin Historical Society's American Journeys

Partners

• Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
  Trace Lewis and Clark's route by boat, automobile, bicycle, horseback or by foot. This site will give you information on how.
• Missouri - Kansas Riverbend Chapter - Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
  The Missouri-Kansas Riverbend Chapter supports the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation at the local level through events, activities, programs, promotion, and protection of the Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail.
• Missouri Department of Conservation
  
• Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
  
• Missouri Department of Natural Resources
  
• Missouri Department of Transportation
  
• Missouri Division of Tourism
• Missouri History Museum
  
• Missouri National Guard
  
• Missouri River Communities Network
  
• Missouri Secretary of State's Office
  
• Missouri State Parks
  
• Missouri Water Patrol
• National Park Service
• State Historical Society of Missouri
  

Water Trail Interest

• Lewis and Clark Water Trail
  The Missouri River offers a truly unique opportunity to paddle through history.  On this site you will find a series of trip planning tools and resources designed to help you plan a paddling excursion on the lower Missouri River.
• The Great Rojome Expedition
  See how two enterprising young men embarked on an adventure of a lifetime. For 8 to 10 weeks they traversed nearly 800 miles on the Mighty Mo (Missouri River) as it snakes through the rugged state of Montana.

Missouri Sites of Interest

• Mississippi River Overlook at Trail of Tears State Park
• Gateway Arch - Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
• Missouri History Musuem
• Edward "Ted" and Pat Jones-Confluence Point State Park
• Discovery Expedition of St. Charles
• Clark's Hill/Norton State Historic Site
• State Capitol
• Fort Osage National Historic Landmark
• National Frontier Trails Museum, Independence
• Corps of Discovery Sculpture in Kansas City
• Lewis and Clark State Park
• St. Joseph Museum
• Katy Trail State Park
• MissouriDigitalHeritage.com

History

• Discovering Lewis and Clark – An “interactive workshop providing an overview of the journey of Lewis and Clark. It focuses on issues, values and visions relating to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, its preludes and its aftermath up to the present time.” http://www.lewis-clark.org/
• Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc. – History of expedition by Irving W. Anderson. http://www.lewisandclark.org/?p=exp_history&n=landcexp
• Lewis and Clark (National Geographic) – Includes timeline, list of supplies taken on expedition; list of scientific discoveries; journey log; links to other Lewis and Clark sites. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/
• Lewis and Clark (PBS) - Companion site to Ken Burns’s The Journey of the Corps of Discovery. Includes excerpts from the journals, information about Native Peoples, interactive trail map, and classroom resources. http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark
• The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) - Complete journals as edited by Gary E. Moulton. http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/
• LewisandClark200.Gov -This website is a partnership among 32 federal agencies and organizations aimed at providing a single, easy-to-use Web portal with information about various Lewis and Clark historical places. http://www.lewisandclark200.org
• Lewis and Clark (Plant Systematics) – Includes photos of plants in Lewis and Clark Herbarium. http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/LnC/LnCpublic.html
• Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America (Library of Congress) - This exhibition features the Library of Congress’ collections of exploration material documenting the expedition and the quest to explore the West. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/lewisandclark
• Lewis and Clark Expedition: A National Register of Historic Places and Travel Itinerary (National Park Service) - The National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, and Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, in conjunction with the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers (NCSHPO), invite you to discover the historic places of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. This travel itinerary highlights 41 historic places listed in the National Register of Historic Places and associated with Lewis and Clark. Many of these places are also part of the National Park Service's Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/lewisandclark/
• Corps of Discovery, United States Army (U.S. Army Center of Military History) – Focuses on the people and the mission of the Corps of Discovery. http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/lc/index.htm
  

Cultural Awareness

• Fort Osage National Historic Landmark
  http://www.fortosagenhs.com/
  Fort Osage was constructed in 1808 under the direction of William Clark and was the site of an Osage Indian village.
• Graham Cave State Park
  www.mostateparks.com/grahamcave.htm
  This shelter cave was the site of very early human occupation as much as 10,000 years ago.
• Iliniwek Village State Historic Site
  www.mostateparks.com/iliniwek.htm
  On this property is the site of a village once inhabited by Indians of the Iliniwek (or Illinois) Confederacy, one of the three most significant Indian groups occupying Missouri at the time of European contact.
• Mastodon State Historic Site
  www.mostateparks.com/mastodon.htm
  Archaeological excavations established that Paleo-Indians hunted the American mastodon and other animals here during the ice age.
• Osage Village State Historic Site
  www.mostateparks.com/osagevillage.htm
  This site is located on what was once a Big Osage Indian village occupied between 1770 and 1775 when the Osage were first encountered by Europeans.
• Thousand Hills State Park
  www.mostateparks.com/thousandhills.htm
  Interpretive signs explain the significance of 1,000-year-old Native American petroglyphs.
• Towosahgy State Historic Site
  www.mostateparks.com/towosahgy.htm
  This site preserves the remains of a once-fortified Indian village for the Indians of the Mississippian Culture inhabiting the site between A.D. 1000 and 1400.
• Trail of Tears State Park
  www.mostateparks.com/trailoftears.htm
  The park preserves a part of the route known as the Trail of Tears, a trail taken by Cherokee Indians on their forced march to the West.
• Van Meter State Park
  www.mostateparks.com/vanmeter.htm
  Located near the Missouri River floodplain, Van Meter State Park is the site of a former Missouri Indian village that was noted in the journals. Exhibits in the park explain the history of the Indians and the area.
• Washington State Park
  www.mostateparks.com/washington.htm
  The area that was once ceremonial grounds for prehistoric Indians includes significiant petroglyphs or rock carvings that are remnants of an early Indian culture.
• York
  http://lewisandclarktrail.com/york.htm
  www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/york.html
  The story of York, William Clark's slave, unfolds in the Lewis and Clark journals and tells of his role in the famed expedition.
• Pierre Cruzette
  www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/pcruz.html
  Pvt. Pierre Cruzatte was of French and Omaha Indian heritage. His knowledge of the Omaha language and sign language made him valuable to the captains during their encounters with tribes on the lower Missouri.
• George Drouillard
  www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/gdrou.html
  George Drouillard, son of a French Canadian father and a Shawnee Indian mother, was recruited because of his reputation as an excellent hunter with a knowledge of the Indians' character and sign language.
• Toussaint Charbonneau
  www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/tchar.html
  Toussaint Charbonneau was a French Canadian fur trader and the husband of Sacagawea, a Shoshone. Lewis and Clark believed that Charboneau and Sacagawea's interpreting skills would be instrumental when the expedition reached the mountains.
• Francois Labiche
  www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/flabi.html
  Francois Labiche was an experienced boatmen and frontier trader and knew several lower Missouri Indian languages as well as French. His skills made him vital in communicating with the Shoshone Indians.