On the eve of America’s 250th birthday, contributing writer Latria Graham travels cross-country in the footsteps of explorers ...

Experience the Lewis and Clark Departure Event May 8-9 at Hartford's State Historic Site with reenactors, historic demos, ...

As with the race itself, Derby fashion has a colorful history of its own. When Colonel Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr. (yes, the ...

On Jan. 18, 1803, Meriwether Lewis hand-delivered a secret message to Congress. Its author was Thomas Jefferson, the ...

In 1803, Thomas Jefferson charged Meriwether Lewis with finding a waterway linking the Mississippi River to the Pacific. Thus ...

A compass used by Lewis and Clark on their expedition to explore the American West is owned by the Smithsonian and is part of NPR's 250th anniversary series, America In Pursuit.

This lesser-known city in the Midwest has been the capital of Missouri since 1821. These are the best things to do in ...

Meriwether Lewis’ annual vegetation management plan is underway for 2026 to support reliable service, public safety, and care for the environment across its five-county service area. Crews are already ...

Lewis and Clark had expected to pack their gear across the divide between navigable waters of the Missouri and of the ...

Trudy and Dale Buxton The Biggar Independent Welcome to Lewiston, population of around 34,000 people. Lewiston sits on the ...

These spring fungi only appear for a few weeks a year—but experts warn that you should watch out for lookalike “false morels” ...

Lewis descendants suffer setback in ongoing bid to exhume body Bryan McKenzie Jun 27, 2010 Updated Jan 23, 2013 0 Meriwether Lewis Bryan McKenzie ...