Welcome to the Lewis and Clark Expedition Bicentennial!

Geographically, the first and last segments of their westward voyage were more about confirmation than discovery. In 1796, the trader Jean Baptiste Truteau reported, he had been told by an Indian that the Missouri River originated in "great mountains of rock," beyond which another "wide and deep river" flowed "in the direction of the winter sunset"to "a large body of water, the other bank of which was not visible."

WHAT'S NEW

• Follow Norm Miller along the trail
• Journals of Lewis and Clark online

PROJECTS

• Voyaging with Lewis and Clark
• Lewis and Clark: A WebQuest