Primary Sources of the West

Notations made by Lewis in brown ink.

A map of Lewis and Clark's track, across the western portion of North America from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean : by order of the executive of the United States in 1804, 5 & 6 /

The following list is only a sampling of the supplies taken west by the Corps of Discovery, but it should give a sense of what an undertaking the expedition was.

List of supplies purchased by Meriwether Lewis in preparation for the trip west.

List of presents Meriwether Lewis purchased for Indians in preparation for the trip west.

Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America

Photographs of birds, animals, clothing, Indian artifacts, and plants found or used during the expedition.

Journal entries, and maps of territiories.

Descriptions of the trail as Fremont described them to his wife. Two photographs. One of John and one of the Oregon Trail.

This sketch shows a wagon train moving across the desert. This sketch is Plate I in Lt. J.H. Simpson’s 1859 Journal of Explorations in Utah.

Land for sale in Iowa and Nebraska

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