Big Bone Lick State Historic Site
Big Bone Lick in Kentucky is a famous fossil site where Lewis collected mammoth bone specimens in September 1803 to send to President Jefferson. Jefferson…
State: Kentucky
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Cumberland Gap is one of the most hallowed historic locations on the North American Continent. Lewis arrived at Cumberland Gap on or before 20 November…
Locust Grove
Locust Grove was the home of William and Lucy Clark Croghan near Louisville, Kentucky. On 8 November 1806, the captains, members of the traveling party,…
William Clark and York at Cumberland Gap
1806 Cumberland Gap National Historical Park The exact date Clark and York passed through the Cumberland Gap in 1806 is uncertain. However, Col. Arthur Campbell,…
Into the Bluegrass and Wilderness
11 November 1806 Lewis and his party, including Pierre Chouteau and the Osage Indian delegation, departed Louisville on 11 November 1806, following today’s U. S.…
Co-Commanders Meet
14 October 1803 Image Credit: Triumph At The Falls: The Louisville and Portland Canal, page 9 Mulberry Hill Plantation – The Clark Family Home in…
Camp Site at West Point
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…