Lewis and Clark expedition to Northwest began 205 years ago, on May 14, 1804.
Expeditions, exploration, and travel is one of the emerging subject strengths of the Opening History aggregation. Digital collections on this topic in the Opening History include:
American Journeys,
American Notes: Travels in America, 1750-1920,
Bodmer Aquatints Collection,
First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820,
John Wesley Powell Expeditions,
Ridgway Brothers: Explorers, Scientists, and Illustrators,
Stereograph Cards,
Trails of Hope: Overland Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869 , etc.
Drawing of a White Salmon Trout, by Clark, p. 176a from Ch. 23. At Fort Clatsop, in volume 4 of The Original Journals of Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, courtesy of Wisconsin Historical Society, American Journeys digital collection.
