Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. IN 1804, WHEN CAPTS. MERIWETHER Lewis and William Clark set out across the continent, the West was uncharted territory.

On Aug. 31, 1803, Meriwether Lewis launched his 50-foot boat about 100 yards downriver from where the David L. Lawrence Convention Center now sits. For people who remember their elementary school ...

Capt. Meriwether Lewis and his dog Seaman at the Sioux City Lewis and Clark Interpretative Center. A new study by The National Park Service recommends adding parts of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and 11 ...

A marker on the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail in Montana. In 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began their journey along what is now the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. The ...

How do you follow a trail more than 200 years old, when even the maps they used uncertain? You look for specific historical deposits. And famed explorers of the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, ...

HARPERS FERRY -- This weekend, the National Park Service unveiled the permanent Meriwether Lewis trail at Harpers Ferry National Historic Park. The celebration continues today and the public can enjoy ...

CLARKSVILLE, Ind. — You'll find tributes to Lewis and Clark around Kentuckiana, and their legacy is even more official now. Monday morning, politicians and park leaders hosted a celebration at the ...

KING AND QUEEN — A new historical highway marker approved for King and Queen County will recognize early colonial immigrant John Lewis, an ancestor of Meriwether Lewis of Lewis and Clark expedition ...

The Lewis & Clark expedition has long fed the imagination of Americans, who love a good road trip. The expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark faced extreme hardships; they couldn’t stop ...