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Lewis & Clark Resource Guide

National Lewis & Clark Exhibition: http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/

The national exhibit will be at Portland's Oregon Historical Society in Winter 2005-2006. The website also includes curriculum resource information.
Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/lewisandclark/

The Library of Congress provides an online complement to the exhibit. Includes maps, images and artifacts from the journey.

Inside the Corps: http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/idx_corp.html

PBS provides biographies for all the expedition members.
Corps of Discovery: The Others: http://www.nps.gov/jeff/LewisClark2/CorpsOfDiscovery/TheOthers/Others.htm

NPS provides biographies for the other, less famous, expedition members.

Tribes Discovered Along the Way: http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/native/index.html

Information about each of the native tribes the expedition encountered along their journey.

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/JOURNALS/toc.html

The University of Virginia presents digital transcripts for Lewis & Clark's journals. The website is organized by chapter and one can print an .rtf version of the journals.
The Journals: http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/archive/idx_jou.html

The PBS Web website includes exerpts from their journals. Search for specific individuals and dates.
Daily Journals of Lewis & Clark: http://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/journal/index.asp

Read "This day in Lewis & Clark history" using journal exerpts.

Maps: http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/archive/idx_map.html

PBS online presents a number of maps from the expedition.
Mapping and Lewis & Clark: http://nd.water.usgs.gov/lewisandclark/mapping.html

The USGS presents this website about the importance of the expedition's mapping skills.

The Louisiana Purchase Exhibit: http://www.sec.state.la.us/purchase/purchase-index.htm

What is the Louisiana Purchase and why was it so significant in the growth of America? Find out here. The website also includes maps from 1565 up through 1853 to illustrate American expansion.
Avalon Project: The Louisiana Purchase, 1803: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/france/fr1803m.htm

Discover the document and history surrounding its creation at this site.
Louisiana Purchase Map: http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Course%20Index/Lessons/4/LA%20Purchase.html

A map of the territory Jefferson purchased from the French.
Avalon Project: The Louisiana Purchase, 1803: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals_iv/sections/louisiana_purchase_treaty.html

The National Archives presents information and digitized images on the document.

Collecting and Preserving Plants: http://www.voyageofrediscovery.com/part3/historical/hist2.shtml

How did the expedition go about preserving plants in the 1800s? Find out here.
In the Footsteps of Lewis & Clark: http://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/

This Sierra Club website focuses on the natural and cultural discoveries made during the expedition.
Lewis & Clark's Garden: http://www.nwrac.org/lewis-clark/oregonian/index.html

This website presents articles and information about the 176 plants discovered on the journey.
Lewis & Clark Herbarium: http://www.life.umd.edu/emeritus/reveal/pbio/LnC/LnCpublic.html

This website lists and describes all the plants discovered on this expedition. Photos included when possible.
Plants: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/resources_discoveries_plant.html

National Geographic online presents information on the plants discovered during the expedition.
Animals: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/resources_discoveries
_animal.html

National Geographic online presents information on the animals discovered during the expedition.
Species at Risk: http://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/species/index.asp

The Sierra Club provides information about animals discovered on the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

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