Lewis & Clark Trust

Planning and Preparation (1803)

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Planning and Preparation (1803)

Planning and Equipping for Exploration

18 January - 4 July 1803 Washington DC

18 January - 4 July 1803 Presidents House drawing by Jannes Hoban President Jefferson meets with Meriwether Lewis - Photo Courtesy of the White House Historical Association Walking Tour of…

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Planning and Preparation (1803)

Traveling from Washington DC, Harpers Ferry, and Pittsburgh

5 July - 31 August 1803 Washington DC to Pittsburgh

5 July — 31 August 1803 The route from the President's House to Harpers Ferry would follow 17th Street, Connecticut Ave. to Massachusetts Ave. crossing Rock Creek to I-495 to…

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Planning and Preparation (1803)

First Dilemmas with Transportation

6 July - 22 July 1803 Harpers Ferry, VA

6 July - 22 July 1803 Lewis arrived at the Harpers Ferry Arsenal on 6 July, and learns that the supplies had not been taken by the wagon from Philadelphia.…

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Planning and Preparation (1803)

First Dilemmas with Transportation, Harpers Ferry

6 July - 22 July 1803 Lewis arrived at the Harpers Ferry Arsenal on 6 July, and learns that the supplies had not been taken by the wagon from Philadelphia.…

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Planning and Preparation (1803)

Troubles and More Troubles with Transportation, Pittsburgh, PA

30 August 1803 The early breed of a Newfoundland Dog like Lewis's dog, Seaman The keel boat was finished at 7 AM, Lewis, with pilot T. Moore, and 11 men…

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Planning and Preparation (1803)

Federal Agents on the Ohio River, Charlestown, VA

7 September 1803 Patrick Gass bronze bust, located on the waterfront in Wellsburg Lewis passed Charlestown, present day Wellsburg, Brooke Co. WV, and future home of expedition member Patrick Gass.…

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Planning and Preparation (1803)

By Horse to Big Bone, Cincinnati, OH

28 September 1803 Ft. Washington was built in 1789-1790 at Losantiville, later renamed Cincinnati, across from the Licking River. Lewis wrote to Jefferson on 3 October 1803, advising that he…

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Planning and Preparation (1803)

Co-Commanders Meet, Louisville, KY

14 October 1803 Image Credit: Triumph At The Falls: The Louisville and Portland Canal, page 9 Mulberry Hill Plantation - The Clark Family Home in Louisville, KY When Meriwether Lewis…

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Planning and Preparation (1803)

Camp Site, West Point, KY

26 October 1803 Leaving the Mill Creek Camp in the afternoon would be a "Hudson Bay Start" , making that night's camp not far along the Ohio River.(1) While there…

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Planning and Preparation (1803)

Ft. Massac and “A Man of Much Merit”, Ft. Massac State Park, IL

11 November 1803 Ft. Massac - Photo by Richard Prestholdt Click here for Association Website Leaving West Point on 27 October and traveling to Ft. Massac, present day Massac Co.…

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Planning and Preparation (1803)

Celestial Observations and Ft. Jefferson, Confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi River

15 November 1803 Map of the Confluence drawn by Clark-Page 195 W. Clark's Field Notes During five(5) days at the Mouth of the Ohio Lewis and Clark made celestial observations,…

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Planning and Preparation (1803)

Against the Current, Up the Mississippi River

20 November 1803 Lewis and Clark turned the boats against the Mississippi River current and experienced a new challenge. Traveling against the current would last until the expedition reached Camp…

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Planning and Preparation (1803)

Trouble with the Spanish, St. Louis, MO

12 December 1803 The Spanish Government would not permit the expedition to spend the winter West of the Mississippi River. "Monday the 12th of December opposite the mouth of the…