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In North Dakota And In The Science Classroom

Lewis and Clark. In North Dakota And In The Science Classroom. Captain Meriwether Lewis. Captain Meriwether Lewis President Jefferson’s private secretary and personal friend of many years Entrusted with the success of the important undertaking of expedition. Captain William Clark.

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In North Dakota And In The Science Classroom

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  1. Lewis and Clark In North Dakota And In The Science Classroom

  2. Captain Meriwether Lewis • Captain Meriwether Lewis • President Jefferson’s private secretary and personal friend of many years • Entrusted with the success of the important undertaking of expedition

  3. Captain William Clark • The increased importance of the exploration warranted an additional commander to assist Lewis • Was a entrusted friend of Lewis’s

  4. The Expedition

  5. The Expedition • On February 28, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson won approval from Congress for a visionary project, an endeavor that would become one of America’s greatest stories of adventure. • Twenty-five hundred dollars were appropriated to fund a small expeditionary group • The mission was to explore the uncharted West. • Jefferson called the group the Corps of Discovery.

  6. The Expedition • The expedition was organized to explore the vast Louisiana Territory which the U.S. had newly acquired and to find a route to the Pacific Ocean • The Corps of Discovery was asked to study mineralogy, climate, geography, botany, zoology, and ethnology.

  7. Lewis and Clark ReachNorth Dakota

  8. Lewis and Clark Reach North Dakota • October 24th, 1804 • Reach what is now just north of Bismarck ND • Some 4,500 Mandan and Hidatsas live in the area in earth-lodge villages • Built Fort Mandan across the river from the main village • While living there, they were learning,recording, and collecting information.

  9. Lewis and Clark Reach North Dakota • Many plants, animals, and birds were recorded during their time spent in ND many of which supplied the expedition with food and clothing • The majority of their stay was during the winter months of 1804-1805 at Fort Mandan • The Corps departed April 7th, 1805 (Sacagawea joins the expedition)

  10. Into the “Unknown” • On April 7, 1805, the Corps of Discovery left Fort Mandan, where they had spent the previous winter, and headed west. • On their maps, the land that Lewis and Clark were headed toward was indicated by a vast, blank space and the word, "Unknown."

  11. The End of a Journey • November 7th, 1805 Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Ocean • On September 23rd the Corps of Discovery returns to St. Louis after having been gone nearly two and a half years • Clark is made Indian agent for the West • Lewis is named governor of the Louisiana Territory

  12. Sources • npsc.nbs.gov • pbs.gov

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