Jackson Lake

Jackson Lake lies in the northern valley of the Grand Tetons, where the Snake River, with its three main tributaries, flows just to the south. This Northwest portion of Wyoming, including Jackson Lake, the Snake River, and the Tetons combine ...

Clark's Lookout

By August 1805, the Corps of Discovery, led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, desperately needed horses before winter approached. On August 8, Sacajawea, a Lemhi Shoshone, recognized Beaverhead Rock, a familiar landmark of her tribe. The Corps split ...

Canyon Village

Nestled along the Yellowstone River, Canyon Village developed in the height of Yellowstone National Park’s tourist years as a travelers resort area. Canyon Village connects to the surrounding areas of the park, including the Norris Geyser Basin, Mammoth Hot Springs, ...

Snake River

Discovered first by the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery, The Snake River most likely received its name from the S-shaped motions the Shoshone Indians made to describe the salmon in the river to passing explorers.

The Corp of Discovery ...

Obsidian Cliff

Named in 1879 by then Park Superintendent, P. W. Norris, Obsidian cliff runs south along Beaver Lake before turning east, continuing on for two more miles, and raising to a height of 200 feet above the earth.

While building a ...

Les Shirley Park and Cannon Beach

Les Shirley Park, in the city of Cannon Beach, commemorates the arrival of Lewis and Clark’s expedition, the Corp of Discovery, to the Pacific Coast and marks their furthest southern travel along the coast.

While waiting for a trading vessel ...

Mud Volcano and Dragon's Mouth Spring

Upon their journey for the gold mines along the Salmon River, the Washburn Expedition discovered Dragon’s Mouth in 1870. Dragon’s Mouth underwent several name changes since its discovery and christening as “Cave Spring” by Warren Gillette, a member of the ...

Nez Perce National Historical Park

The Nez Perce Historical Park is comprised of thirty-eight sites spread through Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Of these sites, three received notoriety as visited by Lewis and Clark. The Corps of Discovery passed through Nez Perce country during the ...

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park is North America’s first National Forest. On March 1 1872, President Ulysses S Grant signed a bill making Yellowstone the first federally protected landmass in the United States. The park boundaries span an area larger than the ...

Salt Works

Salt, for the preservation of food, was essential to the survival of any long-term expedition in the nineteeth-century, including the Lewis and Clark Expedition. By the time the Corps reached the Pacific Coast, they were nearly out of salt. On ...