The Kentucky Derby is a global sports spectacle and, in the eyes of many, America’s definitive sporting tradition. The event was forged, remarkably, by two of the great epic events in United States ...

U.S. Army Captain Meriwether Lewis, 2nd Lt. William Clark and their Corps of Discovery returned to St. Louis to a hero's welcome after their epic journey to the Pacific Ocean on this day in history, ...

Click to open image viewer. To commemorate the bicentennial of the official launch of the Lewis and Clark expedition on May 14, 1804, a special 32-page prestige booklet, Lewis & Clark: The Corps of ...

In July of 1806, Captain Meriwether Lewis and three of his companions had a violent confrontation with the Blackfeet, resulting in at least one dead warrior. This encounter would lead to strained ...

The Headwaters Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 19, at the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Building, 1400 S. 19th, Bozeman.

The city of Charlottesville, Va. followed up its removal of two controversial Confederate statues Saturday with the lightning-fast toppling of a third local landmark: a monumental tribute to explorers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 8—BALDWYN — Clark Richey of Baldwyn has heard the legends of the Natchez Trace throughout the course of his lifetime, growing ...

John D.W. Guice, emeritus professor of history, University of Southern Mississippi Nobody disputes that Meriwether Lewis died of gunshot wounds suffered on October 11, 1809, at Grinder’s Stand, an inn ...

Don't look for the story of Lewis and Clark's exploration of the Northwest Passage here%E2%80%94Danisi has already published a biography (Meriwether Lewis, with John ...

The most well-known of the many challenges Meriwether Lewis faced in his brief life (1774-1809) were those he confronted as leader, with William Clark, of the expedition that opened the American West.

In the early 19th century, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and the rest of the Corps of Discovery embarked on a nearly three-year expedition to the Pacific Ocean and back.