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William was born
He was born on August 1 in Charlottsville, Virginia. -
Lewis was born
Lewis was born near Charlottesville, VA as a child he lived next to Thomas Jefferson. -
Lewis gains comand
Lewis was picked as the commander of the expedition. He writes to Clark to ask him to join the expedition with him -
Lewis picks up clark
Lewis takes a large keelboat that was constructed Pittsburgh. He travels down the Ohio River to pick up Clark -
The Expedition begins
They started the expeditioin by firing cannon shoots into the river they named it Independence Creek. -
They send back a keelboat
Lewis and Clark send the keelboat and a dozen men back downriver with maps, reports, and Indian artifacts for Jefferson. The rest of them went west. -
The Judith River
Clark names the Judith River in honor of a girl back in Virginia he hopes to marry. -
The village
- Lewis discovers a village of Shoshones and tries to negotiate for horses.
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The guide
They set out with a Shoshone guide called Old Toby, along with 29 horses and a mule.The expedition sets out with a Shoshone guide called Old Toby, along with 29 horses and a mule. -
Columbia River
They finely made it to the Columbia River. -
Mount Hood
Clark sees Mount Hood in the distance, named by a British sea captain in 1792, proof that they are near the ocean. -
Clark married
Clark had married Julia "Judith" Hancock for whom he had named a river while on the expedition -
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