Lewis & Clark

Lewis and Clark . Archives . Timeline

PBS Online — Thomas Jefferson becomes President. Western boundary of the United States is the Mississippi River; two-thirds of citizens live within 50 miles of Atlantic Ocean. Having tried three previous times to mount expeditions across the continent, as ...More…

Lewis and Clark . Archives . The Journals

PBS Online — The following journal excerpts were compiled by Florentine Films in preparation for the making of Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery. The excerpts drawn from the separate, more extensive journals of Captains Meriwether ...More…

Lewis and Clark . Screensavers

PBS Online — Place the unstuffed copy of the screen saver (the file named "Lewis and Clark") in the Control Panels folder of your System Folder. You may trash the .hqx file once "Lewis and Clark" has been extracted. Run the unzipped copy of the ...More…

Lewis and Clark . Inside the Corps

PBS Online — On February 28, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson won approval from Congress for a visionary project, an endeavor that would become one of Americas greatest stories of adventure. Lewis and Clark's Outbound Route Shown in Red, Inbound in ...More…

Lewis and Clark . Living History

PBS Online — Ambroses connection to Lewis and Clark was intimate, but not unique. He and the six other experts whose knowledge fills Living History have been intellectually and emotionally gripped by the story of the expedition. Read, listen and respond to ...More…

Lewis and Clark . Interactive Trail Map

PBS Online — This map traces the Corps of Discovery's historic journey west (in red) and trip home (in blue). Click on any of the eleven states to read excerpts from the Lewis and Clark journals, discover which Native American tribes the Corps of Discovery ...More…

Lewis and Clark . Classroom Resources

PBS Online — The lessons plans and activities developed for this Web site comprise a multidisciplinary unit that uses television and computers as learning tools in the subject areas of science, mathematics, social studies, and language arts. Although the ...More…

Lewis and Clark . Native Americans

PBS Online — While Lewis and Clark were the first Americans to see much of what would become the western United States, those same lands had long been occupied by native peoples. Some tribes the Corps encountered -- Click tribe to learn more Over the course ...More…

Lewis and Clark . Archives

PBS Online — Thanks to Florentine Films, a number of powerful resources compiled for the researching and production of Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery are now available to you. The Journals are a searchable, chronological compilation ...More…

Lewis and Clark . Related Products

PBS Online — Sent by President Thomas Jefferson to find the fabled Northwest Passage, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the most courageous and important expedition in U.S. history. Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery chronicles the ...More…

Lewis and Clark . Site Map

PBS Online — You can always use the navigation bars, such as the one at left. The black bar lists the main areas of the site; the grey bar next to it (not pictured) lists all of the sections within the area indicated on the black bar. Clicking on the portrait ...More…

Inside The Corps

PBS Online — Once he was named by President Thomas Jefferson to head the Corps of Discovery, Meriwether Lewis began preparations for the long trip ahead. Much of that preparation involved education; in the months prior to his departure, Lewis would learn ...More…