Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

The Corps of Discovery's arrival to the Pacific coast in November 1805 was an astonishing feat. Even so, the thirty-three members of the Corps were not finished with their journey. They still needed to get back home and winter was ...

Woodrow Wilson Birthplace

Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States, was born in this Greek Revival manse in 1856. Built in 1846 to house the pastors of Staunton's First Presbyterian Church, the manse's second occupants were Dr. and Mrs. Joseph ...

Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center at Cape Disappointment State Park

In the fall of 1805, after navigating their canoes through weeks of cold rain and fog, the Corps of Discovery reached the mouth of the Columbia River.

The entry William Clark jotted down in the notebook, which he kept ready ...

Nez Perce National Historical Park Visitors Center

On September 12, 1805, Lewis and Clark began crossing the Bitterroot Mountains using the Lolo Trail, but severe snowstorms slowed the expedition’s progress. Clark separated from Lewis on September 18, and finished crossing the Bitterroots two days later. Once over ...

Sacajawea Interpretive and Cultural Center

After months of arduous travel, the Corps of Discovery reached the Columbia River at the site of today’s Sacajawea Historical State Park on October 16, 1805. Here, at the confluence of the Columbia and Snake rivers, the Corps camped near ...

Lolo Pass Visitor Center

While driving along scenic U.S. Highway 12 over Lolo Pass, travelers are encouraged to admire the stretch of mountains between the Montana and Idaho state border. These mountains have historic value to the Nez Perce Indians, who used the Lolo ...

Upper Missouri River Breaks Interpretive Center

The Missouri River was Lewis and Clark’s guide and primary route to the Northwest Passage and the Pacific Ocean. As they traveled the river through what is now the Upper Missouri River Breaks in Montana, they noted the beautiful white ...

Pompeys Pillar National Monument

The Lewis and Clark Trail has almost no physical evidence from the expedition of the Corps of Discovery. However, Pompeys Pillar National Monument, near Billings, Montana, bears a famous signature from one member of the Corps of Discovery.

In July ...

Fort Mandan and the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center

Lewis & Clark’s Corps of Discovery spent the winter of 1804 – 1805 in Fort Mandan, an encampment they built along the Missouri River that they named after the people of the Mandan Nation. This was an important time for ...

Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Visitor and Interpretive Center

Almost all 4,000 miles of the Lewis and Clark expedition’s journey, from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean, occurred on waterways. Rivers were the superhighways across North America in the early 1800s.

The Corps of Discovery began its quest on ...