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Lewis and Clark Expedition for
kids: Facts about the Lewis and Clark Timeline
The following fact sheet provides short, interesting facts via the Lewis and Clark
Journey Timeline charting important dates, places, people and events on the
historic journey of discovery. Read about their adventures on specific dates
via the Lewis and
Clark Journals.
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Lewis and Clark Timeline:
Important Dates on their Journey |
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Lewis and Clark
1804 Timeline |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 1: |
June 20, 1803:
Meriwether Lewis receives instructions and the major
goals of the journey from President Thomas Jefferson |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline
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May 14, 1804: The
Expedition departs from St. Louis in Missouri on their
Keelboat down the
Missouri River. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 3: |
May 25,1804: The expedition
passes the small village of La Charrette on the Missouri River.
Charles Floyd writes in his journal that this is "the last
settlement of whites on this river." |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 4: |
June 1, 1804: The explorers reach
the Osage River, Missouri |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 5: |
June 26, 1804: They arrives at
Kaw Point and the Kansas River. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 6: |
July 4, 1804:
Independence Creek located near Atchison, Kansas is
named in honor of Independence Day |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 7: |
July 21, 1804: They reach the
Platte River in Nebraska |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 8: |
August 3, 1804: The
Corps of Discovery meets the Oto and Missouri Native
Indians at Council Bluffs, Iowa. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 9: |
August 20, 1804: The
Corps of Discovery suffers its first and only death, as
Sgt. Charles Floyd dies of a burst appendix. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 10: |
September 4, 1804:
Reach the mouth of the Niobrara River that runs through
Lakota Sioux lands in Nebraska to the Great Plains |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 11: |
October 8 -11, 1804:
Pass Grand River in South Dakota home of the Arikara
Native Indians |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline
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October 24, 1804: The
Expedition reach the earthlodge villages of the Mandan
and the Hidatsa tribes in North Dakota |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 13: |
November 3, 1804: The
building of Fort Mandan
commenced alongside the Missouri River, near
modern day Washburn, North Dakota. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 14: |
December 24, 1804:
Fort Mandan is completed and Lewis and Clark meet
Toussaint Charbonneau who is hired as an interpreter and
his Shoshone wife
Sacagawea. |
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Lewis and Clark
1805 Timeline |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 15: |
February 11, 1805:
Sacagawea gives birth to Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, the
youngest member of the expedition who is called Pompy
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline
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April 06, 1805: The
members of the Expedition leave Fort Mandan and continue
their journey west. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 17: |
April 25, 1805: They
reach Yellowstone River which will take them through
North Dakota into Montana. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline
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May 5, 1805:
Meriwether Lewis kills the first
Grizzly Bear. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 19: |
May 14, 1805:
Sacagawea proves to be of great help to the explorers. A powerful storm almost overturned one of the boats but Sacagawea retrieves many important articles
from the waters including research notes, books and scientific
instruments. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 20: |
May 20, 1805: In
recognition of her brave deed, they named the Sacagawea
River after the Shoshone heroine. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 21: |
June 3, 1805: They
reach the mouth of the Marias River, Montana and Camp
Deposit is established. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 22: |
June 13, 1805: The
expedition arrive at the Great Falls of the Missouri,
near present-day Great Falls, Montana. Portaging around
the Great Falls takes nearly a month. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 23: |
August 12, 1805:
Meriwether Lewis crosses the Continental Divide at Lemhi
Pass, high in the Rocky Mountains. They leave the newly
purchased US territory into disputed Oregon Country. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 24: |
September 1805: The
starving Corps of Discovery struggles through most
arduous part of their voyage most overland through the
Bitterroot Mountains of Idaho. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 25: |
September 13, 1805:
Crossed Lolo Trail in the Bitterroot Mountains |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 26: |
October 1805: Using
new canoes built with the help of friendly Nez Perce
Indians, the expedition float downstream from the
Clearwater River Idaho, the Snake River into the
Columbia River in the state of Washington. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 27: |
November 7, 1805:
William Clark wrote in his journal, "Ocian [ocean] in
view! O! the joy." (Refer to
Lewis and Clark Quotes)
The Expedition had reached the Pacific Ocean. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 28: |
December 7, 1805: The
Corps of Discovery built Fort
Clatsop for their winter quarters, where they spent a
total of 106 days. According to Chief Cliff Snyder
of the Chinook Tribe there were only 12 days without rain during
their stay. |
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Lewis and Clark
1806 Timeline |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 29: |
March 23, 1806: The
Corps of Discovery left Fort Clatsop to start their
journey home. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 30: |
March 23, 1806 to May
14, 1806: They traveled to Camp Chopunnish in Idaho
County, Idaho, along the north bank of the Clearwater
River. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 31: |
June 10, 1806 to June
30, 1806: Traveled to Traveler's Rest (Lolo, Montana)
via Lolo Creek. This route was 300 miles shorter than
the outward journey. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 32: |
July 3, 1806: The
Corps of Discovery split into 2 groups Clark leading one
group up the Bitterroot River and the other group led by
Lewis up the Blackfoot River. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 33: |
July 7, 1806: The
Lewis group cross the Continental Divide at the Lewis
and Clark Pass |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 34: |
July 27, 1806 – The
Blackfoot Indians try to steal Lewis's group's rifles. A
fight broke out and two Indians were killed. This is the
sole hostile encounter with a Native Indian tribe. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 35: |
July 25, 1806:
Traveling along the Yellowstone River, William Clark
climbed a 200-feet tall rock and named it “Pompy’s
Tower” after Jean Baptiste, the son of Sacagawea. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 36: |
August 12, 1806: The
two groups rejoin on the Missouri River in present-day
North Dakota. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 37: |
August 14, 1806: The
expedition reaches the Mandan villages, the site of
their winter encampment at Fort Mandan two years
earlier. |
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Lewis and
Clark Timeline 38: |
September 23, 1806:
The Corps of Discovery makes its triumphant return to
St. Louis after their historic journey of two years,
four months, and ten days. |
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Lewis and Clark Timeline:
Important Dates on their Journey |
