Fun Fact: Lewis & Clark & Sacagawea

Posted by admin on October 27, 2009 under Fun Facts, Lewis & Clark & Sacagawea Fun Facts | Be the First to Comment

Twenty years before the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Thomas Jefferson hoped to mount the “Clark Expedition.” In 1783, Jefferson asked William Clark’s brother and Revolutionary War hero, George Rogers Clark, to lead a cross country expedition to explore the west. Clark declined the offer.

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