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

Drexel University recently opened an exhibit in connection with the 250th anniversary of the United States that showcases plants from Lewis and Clark’s collection from the perspective of Native ...

University of Southern Indiana graduate Craig Fehrman's highly praised new book retells one of America's great adventure ...

To mark America's 250th birthday, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University has an exhibition rich with artifacts ...

Controversy over Meriwether Lewis' death has descendants and scholars campaigning to exhume his body at his grave site in Tennessee. Connie Ricca / Corbis Captain Meriwether Lewis—William Clark’s ...

History, as they say, is written by the victors. It’s also written by those with ready access to pen, paper, and, in many ...

Lewis and Clark’s expedition to the Pacific was aimed at mapping trade routes, but its heroic ambition redefined the identity ...

KING AND QUEEN — A new historical highway marker approved for King and Queen County will recognize early colonial immigrant John Lewis, an ancestor of Meriwether Lewis of Lewis and Clark expedition ...