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1773
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were born simultaneously in neighboring counties in Virginia on August 1, 1773. -
1795
They both were entranced by the voyages of such famous explorers as Christopher Columbus, Henry Hudson, and Ferdinand Magellan, and in 1795 -
1803
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery, and named U.S. Army Captain Meriwether Lewis its leader, who selected William Clark as his partner. -
1804
May 14, 1804, and met up with Lewis in Saint Charles, Missouri, a short time later; the corps followed the Missouri River westward. -
1804
On August 20, 1804, Sergeant Charles Floyd died, apparently from acute appendicitis. -
Injury
Medical report: the only significant injury took place August 11, 1806 when a half-blind member of our group spotted Lewis and, thinking him to be an Elk, shot him in the leg.