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Lewis & Clark Resource Guide

Online Resources

Lewis & Clark Expedition
State Sites about the Lewis & Clark Expedition
Biographies
Lewis & Clark Journals
Expedition Maps
The Louisiana Purchase
Plants, Animals and Other Discoveries
Westward Expansion

Library & Educator Resources

Library Booklists

Lewis & Clark Expedition

Exhibits

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

The national exhibit visited 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.

State Sites about the Lewis & Clark Expedition

Echoes of a Bitter Crossing: Lewis & Clark in Idaho: http://idahoptv.org/lc/index.html

This companion website to Idaho Public Television's program of the same name explores Lewis & Clark through interactive maps, expert historians, and native american perspectives. Also, watch video clips from the program.
Encountering Montana: Lewis & Clark in Big Sky Country: http://mhs.mt.gov/lewisandclark/css/default.asp

Follow the explorers through the state to find out what they discovered and encountered there. The website includes a timeline, research materials and Ask a Libarian sections.
The Journey Continues...: http://www.thejourneycontinues.org/

"Lewis & Clark College (Portland OR) will offer educational programs that emphasize the lasting legacy of the Expedition in the context of the American Enlightenment. Lewis & Clark College will make available its resources to the students, the scholarly community and the general public through conferences, lectures, symposia, exhibits, publications, and special events during the Bicentennial and beyond."
Lewis & Clark in Idaho: http://www.lewisandclarkidaho.org/

The website includes an expedition map through Idaho, facts about native tribes found there, current points of interest along the trail, and more.
Montana Lewis & Clark: http://lewisandclark.state.mt.us/

Learn about the Montana wildlife the Corps discovered and what special events the state has planned. Includes trail video clips.
Pacific County [Washingon] Friends of Lewis & Clark: http://www.lewisandclarkwa.com/

Learn about the events during the 18 days the Corps was in Pacific County.

Biographies

Other Members of the Expedition

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.

Native Tribes

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.

Lewis & Clark Journals

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.

Expedition Maps

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

The Louisiana Purchase: http://www.nps.gov/archive/jeff/lewisclark2/circa1804/heritage/louisianapurchase/louisianapurchase.htm

This site has an overview of the Louisiana Purchase, along with a few maps.
Avalon Project: The Louisiana Purchase, 1803: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/fr1803m.asp

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.
The Louisiana Purchase Treaty, 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.

Native American Issues & Perspectives

Plants, Animals & Other Discoveries

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 Herbarium: http://www.plantsystematics.org/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.