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Lewis and Clark Expedition
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President jefferson asks congress to finance an exploratory mission going west
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The U.S. buys the lousiana purchase from france
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Lewis starts there expedition westward down the ohio river
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Lewis and Clark meet in idiana and recruit for the journey westawrd
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The core of discovery sets out from fort Dubois and heads up the missouri river
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Sergeant Charles floyd dies of pendasitis
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The core of discovery builds fort mandan to reside in during the winter
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Lewis and Clark meet the french-canadian fur trapper Toussaint Charbonneau and his wife Sacagawea
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The core od discovery resumes there journey upriver after winter ends
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The core of discovery reaches the great falls of the missouri
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The core of discovery enters the Bitterroot Range of modern day montana
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The core of discovery reaches the west coast, modern day vancouver-portland area
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The core of discovery builds fort clatsop
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The core of discovery starts there return home
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The core of discovery splits into two groups to find a faster way home
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The core is re-united at the mouth of the yellowstone river
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The core of discovery finaly returns to st. louis