Lewis And Clark

The Journey Begins

May 21, 1804

Started upstream from the Missourri River from their St. Louis area in hope to find the ocean

Race Against Winter's Approach

Oct 1, 1804

Lewis an Clark planned to spend the winter in Mandans villages

Rockies In Sight

Period: May 4, 1805 to May 28, 1805

Lewis an Clark were getting even more anxious to catch sight of the rockies, in the last week of May Lewis saw the mountains for the first time