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The Lewis & Clark Trail – Yesterday and Today
A Guide to the route of the Corps of Discovery.
This book gives the reader basic but important facts about significant events related to the evolution of the expedition and a broader overview of the Louisiana Purchase and other significant events related to the territory during the lifetimes of the three most important people — Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, and William Clark.
Description
The Lewis & Clark Trail – Yesterday and Today
William Hill commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with this guide to the history and the route of the Corps of Discovery. Hill explains the reasons President Thomas Jefferson sent the explorers west. He describes how the country expedition passed through looked two centuries ago and how it looks today.
Journals, maps, paintings, and photographs illustrate the story.
The Lewis and Clark Trail also contains information about the many museums, interpretive centers and historic sites, from Philadelphia to Astoria, Oregon, that have been opened and upgraded as part of the bicentennial celebration.
ISBN – 0-87004-439-7
288 Pages
Softback
6″ x 9″
Caxton Press, 2004