The Corps of Discovery made history in more ways than one. Under the command of Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second ...

Of Capt. Meriwether Lewis, we know this: Three years after returning from the Lewis and Clark expedition, he was dead of gunshot wounds, probably a suicide, at Grinder’s Stand, an isolated inn in ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Re-Enactors came to Sioux City exploring a part of history, to highlight an important event that happened back in the 1800′s. Re-enactors took Sioux City back in time, to mark the ...

In July of 1806, Captain Meriwether Lewis and three of his companions had a violent confrontation with the Blackfeet, resulting in at least one dead warrior. This encounter would lead to strained ...

Controversy over Meriwether Lewis' death has descendants and scholars campaigning to exhume his body at his grave site in Tennessee. Connie Ricca / Corbis Captain Meriwether Lewis—William Clark’s ...

The 45-minute activity will introduce kids to some of the 178 plant species new to Western science collected and recorded by Capt. Meriwether Lewis during the 1804-1806 Lewis & Clark Expedition.

In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson asked his private secretary, army Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a first-time expedition to the Pacific Coast. One goal: collect indigenous flora. Two centuries ...

David Hommes' portrayal of Capt. William Clark started with a trial. When the re-enactor for Capt. Meriwether Lewis dared his men to climb a rock with him in 2002, Hommes was the only one who took the ...

After Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the Indian interpreter and guide Sacagawea is probably the most famous member of the expedition. Her contributions were praised by the captains; William Clark ...

Captain Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, accompanied by three of his men, explored this portion of the country upon their return trip from the coast. On July 26, 1806, they met ...

With the 200th anniversary celebrations of the Lewis and Clark expedition kicking off this weekend, the Army wants to make sure that its role in the pivotal exploration of the American West is not ...