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Lewis & Clark Bicentennial
1804 - 2004

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William Clark
portrait by Charles Wilson Peale
copyright held by:
Independence National Historical Park , National Park Service,
U.S. Department of the Interior

Lewis and Clark West to the Pacific
by Frank R. "Bob" Davenport
Photo and Copyright held by:
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage
Foundation, Inc.

Merriwether Lewis
portrait by Charles Wilson Peale
copyright held by:
Independence National Historical Park , National Park Service,
U.S. Department of the Interior

Celebration Websites:

Lewis & Clark (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Lewis & Clark 200
Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Sourcebook: Federal, State, and
Philanthropic Assistance for State and Community Projects
Lewis & Clark Expedition and the USGS
Lewis and Clark in Kansas
Lewis and Clark in Montana
Lewis and Clark Indiana Bicentennial Commission
Lewis and Clark: The Maps of Exploration, 1507 - 1814 (via University of Virginia Library)
United States Mint Unveils 2004 Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Design (January 18, 2003)

Upper Missouri Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission

Map showing aquisition of Louisiana from France

1904 Commemmorative Issues
Celebrating the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition
(1904 World's Fair) in St. Louis, Missouri

Yes, the fair mentioned in the movie Meet Me in St. Louis
and yes, the fair where the ice cream cone was invented .

Louisiana Purchase, 1803 - 2003 Bicentennial:

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1789 - 1875
- Use the Keyword Search to find bills, documents, and reports on the Louisiana Purchase
American State Papers, House of Representatives, 23rd Congress, 1st Session
Public Lands: Volume 7, Page 318, No. 1257. In relation to the proceeds of the
sales of the public lands in the Louisiana purchase.
Articles from The Nineteenth Century in Print: Periodicals
- The Louisiana Purchase [New Englander and Yale review. / Volume 53, Issue 245, August 1890]
- Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase [The New England magazine. / Volume 7, Issue 5, January 1890]
Avalon Project: The Louisiana Purchase, 1803
Congressional Globe, House of Representatives, 34th Congress, 1st Session, Pages 1264 through 1267,
Rights under the Louisiana Purchase--Mr. Kidwell
- page 1264 | page 1265 | page 1266 | page 1267
Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial, 1803 - 2003
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Louisiana Day - September 14th, 1904. 1803.
Proclamation of Governor Claiborne. 1904. Proclamation of Governor Blanchard. [n. p. 1904]
Louisiana Purchase Expostion Map, 1904
Louisiana Purchase Treaty, 1803 (National Archives and Records Administration)
Panorama of the World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904
The Cabildo: The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial in Arkansas
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibit (Louisiana Secretary of State)
Treaty of the Louisiana Purchase (via EarlyAmerica.com)

Historical Sources:
Compass Used on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 (Smithsonian Institution)
Discover Lewis and Clark (University of Montana)
Discovering America: The World of Lewis & Clark (via the Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum)
Fort Clatsop National Memorial: Lewis & Clark in Washington State
June 20, 1996 interview with historian Stephen Ambrose on Newshour on his book
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
Lewis and Clark (National Geographic)
Lewis & Clark and the U.S. Geological Survey in North Dakota
Lewis and Clark as Naturalists (Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History)
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial (Washington State University Libraries'Government Documents Department)
Lewis and Clark Education Center (via NASA and the University of Montana)
Lewis and Clark Expedition: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
Lewis and Clark Expedition Maps (via Library of Congress' American Memory Collection)
Lewis and Clark Historical Articles
Lewis and Clark in North Dakota (via Senator Byron L. Dorgan's website)
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (Washington State Parks)
Lewis & Clark: Mapping the West
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (via Public Broadcasting System)
Wildlife Along the Lewis and Clark Trail: A GIS Approach (Oregon State University)

Sacagawea/Sacajawea
Sacajawea Interpretive Cultural & Educational Center
Lewis and Clark: Sacagawea (Public Broadcasting System)
The Life of Sacagawea (U.S. Mint)
The West: Sacagawea (Public Broadcasting System)
Women's History Month: Sacagawea (via Riverdeep.net)

Lewis & Clark Portrait

Places Named After Lewis & Clark:
Lewis & Clark Backcountry Byway (Salmon, Idaho)
Lewis & Clark College (Portland, Oregon)
Lewis & Clark County, Montana
- Quick Facts Census Data for Lewis & Clark County, Montana
Lewis and Clark High School (Spokane, Washington)
Lewis & Clark Lake (Yankton, South Dakota)
- Lewis & Clark Lake Watershed
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
Lewis and Clark Railroad (Clark County, Washington)
Lewis & Clark State Park (Rushville, Missouri)

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