Adventuring Along the Lewis and Clark Trail: Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington

by Grossman, Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9781578050673
• ISBN10: 1578050677
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Pgw

Summary

In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson persuaded Congress to fund a "Corps of Discovery" to explore the vast and unmapped wilderness to the west of the fledgling United States, and he picked a twenty-nine-year-old Army captain by the name of Meriwether Lewis to lead the way. During the expedition, which spanned two and a half years and more than 8,000 miles, Lewis and his co-commander, William Clark, kept journals, and what they wrote amazed the world. The Corps of Discovery compiled the first scientific descriptions of more than three hundred species of plants and animals, and they mapped wilderness prairies, rivers, and mountains previously undescribed. Now, this comprehensive guide to contemporary outdoor adventures in the lands explored by Lewis and Clark aims to get modern-day travelers out of their cars and into the landscape to sense how it might have looked when the Corps of Discovery ventured through. Though much has changed in the past two hundred years, present-day adventurers along the Lewis and Clark Trail can still feel a powerful connection to the land's natural glories. This book offers travelers the opportunity to experience the drama of this landscape firsthand. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction: Why This Book?	1	(8)
Part I The Country of Lewis and Clark
Introducing the Lewis and Clark Expedition	9	(6)
Chronology of the Expedition	15	(26)
Following the Trail Today	41	(16)
Part II The Trail
Illinois, lowa, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota	57	(38)
North Dakota and Eastern Montana	95	(35)
Central and Western Montana and across Lolo Pass into Idaho	130	(24)
Idaho and Eastern Washington	154	(23)
The Columbia Basin and Columbia River Gorge: Central Washington and Oregon	177	(18)
The Lower Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean	195	(20)
Appendix A Animal Species Status List	215	(18)
Appendix B Conservation Groups, Campaigns, and Tribal Organizations	233	(8)
Appendix C Public Agencies, Sources of Maps, and Other Useful Information	241	(12)
Notes	253	(4)
Bibliography and Recommended Reading	257	(6)
Index	263