When the Corps of Discovery arrived at Fort Clatsop, they were desperate for a way to preserve their food. Men were sent to the beach to extract salt from seawater.

FARGO — The Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-1806, which went through the present-day northwestern U.S., was filled with high expectations. Government officials knew very little about this region, ...

HARTFORD, Ill. — During black history month, 5 on Your Side has highlighted the history that surrounds us every day in the Bi-state. We’re focusing on the black history tied into the story of the ...

At times we all wonder what has happened to a person with whom we have lost contact. The same curiosity occurred to explorer William Clark while thinking about the members of the Corps of Discovery he ...

York, a slave in bondage to William Clark during the voyage of the Corps of Discovery, is depicted in this 1912 painting, “Lewis and Clark at Three Forks,” by E.S. Paxson. No actual image of York is ...

Autumn offers an interesting span to retrace the Washington leg of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Captain William Clark and Meriwether Lewis and almost four dozen men set out in May 1804 on a ...

THE most exciting travel drama in U.S. history began May 14, 1804. On that rainy Monday President Thomas Jefferson’s private secretary. Captain Meriwether Lewis, 29, 1st Regiment of Infantry. U.S.A., ...

It's just *** few minutes after daybreak, *** rainy morning and the camp begins to stir the eggs are cooking, the fire is burning. The coffee is brewing. Coffee is the best in the world. That's ...

The youngest member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, officially called “The Corps of Discovery,” was a teenager. At the time that George Shannon signed up for the expedition, he was 15- or ...

The 1903 Post-Dispatch illustration of the home said to be a residence of William Clark. The Post-Dispatch, on Dec. 6, 1903, noted the "dismantling" of a home where William Clark (of the Lewis and ...

Often remembered merely for guiding Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea’s story is far more complex. Discover the deeper story behind the life of this Shoshone woman—beyond the expedition. Explorer Sacagawea ...