LEWIS AND CLARK: PIONEERING METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVERS IN THE AMERICAN WEST

From: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society | Date: September 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

As America celebrates the bicentennial of Lewis and Clark's historic journey, their pioneering measurements and personal insights of western American meteorology merit national reflection and recognition.

In May 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began an expedition of discovery that would become one of the epic sagas in American history. The captains and the men of the Corps of Discovery sailed three boats up the Missouri River out of the frontier town of St. Louis, Missouri, with over 3500 pounds of materials and supplies, bound to search for a way over land to the Pacific Ocean. They ...

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