Lewis and Clark

From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS):

Lewis and Clark — This day in 1804 the westward journey toward the Pacific Northwest was started by Merriweather Lewis and William Clark. Below is a link to a Landsat Journey along the path of this historic survey (http://on.doi.gov/LCLandsat).

Lewis and Clark traveled and mapped out the Missouri River, Columbia River, and others. They also gathered information about the soils, plants, animals, and native inhabitants of the lands through which they passed. The Lewis and Clark Expedition was the first of many government surveys of natural resources in the American West. In 1879, four such surveys were combined into a new agency called the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Today the USGS continues to serve the Nation as an independent fact-finding agency that provides scientific understanding about natural resources. Because of the striking similarities between the USGS mission and Thomas Jefferson’s scientific charge to Lewis and Clark, the USGS can be seen as an organizational successor to Lewis and Clark.

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