We saw Camp Dubois (Wood River), Missouri. This is where the Lewis and Clark expedition started. It is also where the Corps of Discovery wintered.
Jefferson brought the Louisiana territory from Napoleon, because his army needed money for supplies. Jefferson decided that we should explore the new lands. The expedition need leaders so Jefferson appointed his personal secretary, Meriwether Lewis, to lead the expedition. Then Lewis thought that the expedition needed a second officer in case he fell sick. Lewis invited his old officer William Clark. 1803 Jefferson told Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to take the expedition to go up the Missouri River in search of a water route to the Pacific. Lewis and Clark named the expedition Corps of Discovery.
Jefferson told the pair to find a water route to the Pacific, document the territory and make contact with the native tribes living there. Jefferson told the Corps to meet the tribes, because Jefferson was curious about the number and their cultures. In 1803, European thought the northwest was a prize. Jefferson told Lewis and Clark to stake the northwest as ours and find a northwest passage. He also wanted them to map the western lands and describe all the plant and animals.
There was a 55 foot boat called a keelboat. This boat could go up the Missouri. There were four ways it could go up the river; they could sail it, tow it, row it and push it with a pole. They had to have two more boats of supplies for the trip. This boat was durable, sleek, narrow and fast looking.
In the end, the trip took 2 years 4 months and 10 days to finish the trip, including 6 months to return to St. Louis. This was like going to the moon in that day.
Jefferson brought the Louisiana territory from Napoleon, because his army needed money for supplies. Jefferson decided that we should explore the new lands. The expedition need leaders so Jefferson appointed his personal secretary, Meriwether Lewis, to lead the expedition. Then Lewis thought that the expedition needed a second officer in case he fell sick. Lewis invited his old officer William Clark. 1803 Jefferson told Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to take the expedition to go up the Missouri River in search of a water route to the Pacific. Lewis and Clark named the expedition Corps of Discovery.
Jefferson told the pair to find a water route to the Pacific, document the territory and make contact with the native tribes living there. Jefferson told the Corps to meet the tribes, because Jefferson was curious about the number and their cultures. In 1803, European thought the northwest was a prize. Jefferson told Lewis and Clark to stake the northwest as ours and find a northwest passage. He also wanted them to map the western lands and describe all the plant and animals.
There was a 55 foot boat called a keelboat. This boat could go up the Missouri. There were four ways it could go up the river; they could sail it, tow it, row it and push it with a pole. They had to have two more boats of supplies for the trip. This boat was durable, sleek, narrow and fast looking. In the end, the trip took 2 years 4 months and 10 days to finish the trip, including 6 months to return to St. Louis. This was like going to the moon in that day.
We also saw the Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri. This was a memorial to the expedition that Lewis and Clark led.
The Gateway Arch is the largest man made arch in the world at 630 feet tall and wide. The shape of the blocks is a triangle. The triangles get smaller as they go up, so the arch looks taller than it really is. No other buildings in St. Louis are as tall as it. The people who worked on it had no safety nets to build and nobody died during building it. The arch is faced with stainless steel. The inside is strengthened by concrete. The Gateway Arch was finished in 1965.
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