Meriwether Lewis died here. Aaron Burr did not, but 21/2 years after slaying Alexander Hamilton in a duel, he surrendered here. And thousands of Native Americans collectively left their mark when they ...

John D.W. Guice, emeritus professor of history, University of Southern Mississippi Nobody disputes that Meriwether Lewis died of gunshot wounds suffered on October 11, 1809, at Grinder’s Stand, an inn ...

FARGO — In September 1806, Meriwether Lewis, along with his co-commander, William Clark, returned from their 6,000-mile journey through the wilderness of what is now the northwestern U.S. On their ...

If Meriwether Lewis and William Clark hadn’t gone up the Missouri River in 1804 and then down the lower Columbia River in ...

FARGO — One of the most challenging, dangerous and significant multiyear expeditions ever assigned to a young man occurred in 1801. That happened when President Thomas Jefferson authorized Meriwether ...

Sept. 23 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1806, U.S. explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark returned to St. Louis on their historic journey from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast and ...

One small fish provided Native peoples with both nutrition and light. The eulachon, also known as smelt or candlefish, often provided hungry Indigenous tribes with food until spring. Meriwether Lewis ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. -- The Hannibal Free Public Library is hosting the traveling panel exhibit commemorating Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and the role Missouri played in the history-making ...

The masthead of the Tuesday, July 26, 1808, edition of the Missouri Gazette, the first newspaper published in St. Louis, as ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. during an 8:00 p.m. (NASSCO), San Diego. adventure stories. California, will deliver the ceremony's principal address. from the families of Capt. Meriwether Lewis and then-Lt. Lewis ...

THREE FORKS, Mont. — Missouri Headwaters State Park is shedding new light on the life of Meriwether Lewis through the life of his mother. Join guest speaker Mary Jane Bradbury during "A Mother's ...