Into the Wilderness: The Lewis and Clark Expedition

When Thomas Jefferson sent a team of explorers to discover a way to the Pacific Ocean two hundred years ago, the western border of the United States was the Mississippi River. Jefferson dreamed of uncovering the mysteries of the lands beyond. In 1803, the president sent out a team of brave explorers under Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Lewis and Clark led their group up the Missouri River, across the Rocky Mountains, down the Columbia River to the Pacific and back home again. During th...