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The stamp of our wild West.(Bird's Eye)
It was almost exactly 200 years ago: Three dozen men, tough as mule meat, departed the last outpost of civilization on an American odyssey that would take them more than 8,000 miles by foot, canoe paddle, and hoof. Before they finally returned to St. Charles, Missouri an amazing 864 days later, nearly everyone except the man who sent them assumed they had long since perished on their journey.
The man who never lost hope was Thomas Jefferson--the Commander in Chief who more than doubled the size of the United States by purchasing "Upper Louisiana" from France in 1803, then dispatched an American military party (under the command of Meriwether Lewis and William ...
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- Magazine article from: Sierra STEGNER, PAGE May 1, 2000 700+ words
...adventure, begun by Lewis & Clark nearly...CAPTAIN MERIWETHER LEWIS FROM PRESIDENT THOMAS...million bucks. The Louisiana Purchase both enabled the United...square miles, the Louisiana Purchase amounted to about a...Captain Meriwether Lewis as his personal secretary...
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...nickels--which honor the 1803 Louisiana Purchase on the back but retain Thomas...nickel honoring the 1804 to 1806 Lewis and Clark expedition will be...United States of America," "Louisiana Purchase" and "1803." There is an...
- Ambassadors, Native American Leaders and Cabinet Member to Attend Louisiana...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 2, 2004 700+ words
...Signature Events celebrating the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial. The festival...Signature Event devoted to the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of the...Purchase also made it possible for Lewis and Clark to begin their expedition...
- Louisiana purchase Bicentennial gets a push. (Tourism).
- Magazine article from: Arkansas Business Whitsett, Jack March 18, 2002 700+ words
...office, the projected 2003 Louisiana Purchase bicentennial celebration...east Arkansas' Delta. Louisiana Purchase State Park comprises the...have a major part in the Louisiana Purchase." A driving tour brochure...sent explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Warner, Gary A. January 27, 2003 700+ words
...day Oregon. The Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition...Jefferson's West: A Lewis and Clark Exposition...president's role in the Louisiana Purchase and setting the explorers...Jefferson and the Lewis and Clark Expedition...
- Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase.
- Newspaper article from: The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) January 21, 2003 700+ words
...day Oregon. The Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition...Jefferson's West: A Lewis and Clark Exposition...president's role in the Louisiana Purchase and setting the explorers...Jefferson and the Lewis and Clark Expedition...
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- Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History Bruce, Dickson D., Jr. August 1, 2006 700+ words
...tendencies to think of the Louisiana Purchase in terms of its northwestern...Americans by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark...essay from this book, Lewis and Clark have, in...historical memory of the Louisiana Purchase (p. 4). This volume...reminds readers that Lewis and ...
