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The original was used by American explorers Merriwether Lewis and William Clark to cross the wide river. The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States. It began in 1803 near St. Louis, Missouri; made its way westward; and passed through the continental divide to reach the Pacific coast.
Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:103-1).
Forms part of the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.