Educational Sites
PBS Online: Lewis and Clark
Contains sections on many different aspects of the expedition. Features articles on the encounter between the expedition and Native American tribes, and a panel of experts reading their responses to various issues. Includes lesson plans and an interactive game for children.
Discovering Lewis and Clark
Features journal excerpts, natural history lessons, discussions of important issues in the history of the American West, and information about modern-day Native American tribes.
Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery
The University of Virginia Library offers a collection of digital resources related to the journey of Lewis and Clark and westward exploration in the 19th century, including full-text, page-image, and art image collections, plus a directory of selected online resources.
Lewis and Clark Education Center
Explores the different ecosystems of the expedition, with descriptions of plants, animals, and environments corresponding with journal entries. Includes lesson plans and a discussion board.
Lewis and Clark as Naturalists
This Smithsonian Institution site portrays the expedition's interaction with the natural world. Browse by state, species, or date collected. Includes lesson plans for elementary through high school students.
Sierra Club
The Sierra Club's Lewis and Clark Campaign website helps visitors enjoy and protect the lands explored by the expedition.
ExplorePAHistory
An award-winning resource for teachers and others seeking primary documents, historical stories about Pennsylvania and American history, and standards-based lesson plans.
Smithsonian Magazine's Lewis and Clark Feature
Join Meriwether Lewis and William Clark as they embark on the 1804 expedition with the Corps of Discovery from Camp Dubois on the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean and back again.
Resources for Research
Western History Association
Promotes the study of the American West.
History Cooperative
Provides access to history journals, full-text articles, and a discussion board.
We Proceeded On
The official publication of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc.
Montana The Magazine of Western History
Information about the Montana Historical Society's publication.
The Western Historical Quarterly
Information about Utah State University's journal.
Who Killed Meriwether Lewis?
A Salon.com article describing the present-day controversy over Lewis's death.
The Gallery of the Open Frontier
Digital library of images of the American West drawn primarily from the National Archives.
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Information about the agency that manages all federal records. Includes lesson plans based on documents of the expedition.
Lewis and Clark Pictures
A stock image resource dedicated to providing designers, publishers, researchers, and the general public with photographs of the Lewis and Clark Trail and subject matter related to the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Travel Sites
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc.
This foundation—the largest and oldest organization dedicated to Lewis and Clark—works to promote the expedition's story and protect the trail.
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
Produced by the National Park Service, this site promotoes Lewis and Clark events and provides contact information for visitor centers, historic sites, national parks, and attractions along the trail. Includes curriculum guides and learning activities for children.
Lewis and Clark Historic Landscape Project
For students or travelers wishing to retrace the expedition's route through Missouri. Gives virtual tours of the expedition's river voyages and campsites.
Missouri Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission
For those planning a Lewis and Clark-themed trip to Missouri. Includes information on a curriculum guide for Missouri educators.
Lewis & Clark in Montana
Features a detailed map with points of interest as well as information on accommodations, events, and guided tours. Includes children's activities and information on Montana's Native American tribes.
Lewis & Clark Bicentennial in Oregon
Features a detailed map of Oregon sites and advice on conducting a self-guided tour.
Lewis & Clark Fort Mandan Foundation
Provides visitor information for Fort Mandan and the North Dakota Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center. The Corps of Discovery spent the winter of 1804 in this part of North Dakota.
Lewis and Clark in Idaho
Plan a trip along the Lewis and Clark trail in Idaho, the homeland of Sacajawea. Includes maps and information on the Nez Perce, Lemhi Shoshoni, and Salish tribes.
Museum of Idaho
Beginning October 12, 2004, the Museum of Idaho will be hosting a 2000 sq. ft. exhibit, featuring a Lemhi Shoshone village and other Indian and Lewis and Clark items. The exhibit will run through 2006.
Lewis and Clark 200
This "Internet portal" has exhaustive lists of links to information on travel and merchandise.
