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Links to Lewis & Clark Tourism and Commemoration Websites
Links to Websites of Places Featured in
the Lewis & Clark Itinerary
Selected Bibliography for Lewis & Clark
Children's Literature
Links
to Lewis & Clark Tourism and Commemoration Websites
Lewis and Clark
National Historic Trail, National Park Service
This 3,700 mile-long trail follows the expedition's route
as closely as possible given the changes over the years.
Jefferson National
Expansion Memorial National Historic Site, National Park Service,
and Lewis
and Clark Journey of Discovery
The Memorial's Museum of Westward Expansion presents an overview
of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, as does their excellent website.
National
Council of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial
In cooperation with State, Federal, and Tribal governments,
the mission of the National Council of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial
is to commemorate the journey, re-kindle its spirit of discovery,
and acclaim the contributions and goodwill of the native peoples.
Lewis
and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
For more than 30 years, the Foundation has been the pre-eminent
nonprofit organization coordinating efforts to promote the heritage
of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
LewisandClark200.gov
This website is a partnership among 32 Federal agencies and
organizations aimed at providing a single, easy-to-use web portal
with information about various Lewis and Clark historic places.
PBS
Online: Lewis and Clark
PBS explores the Lewis and Clark Expedition, offering biographies
on the members of the Corps of Discovery, information about
the Indian tribes, journal entries, a timeline and a living
history.
Discovering
Lewis and Clark
A multimedia rich site about the visions and values inherent
in the Northwest as Lewis and Clark saw it, and the way it is
seen today.
The
Journals of Lewis and Clark
Presented by the American Studies department of the University
of Virginia, this site offers excerpts from the journals of
Lewis and Clark.
World
Heritage Sites
Monticello, one of the sites highlighted in this itinerary,
is also a desingated World Heritage Site.
National
Trust for Historic Preservation
Learn about the programs of and membership in the oldest national
nonprofit preservation organization. In 2003, the Trust offered
two National
Trust Tours which follow the footsteps of the Lewis
and Clark Expedition.
Historic
Hotels of America
A feature of the National Trust for Historic Preservation's
Heritage Traveler program that provides information on historic
hotels and package tours in the vicinity of this itinerary.
National
Park Service Office of Tourism
National Parks have been interwoven with tourism from their
earliest days. This website highlights the ways in which the
National Park Service promotes and supports sustainable, responsible,
informed, and managed visitor use through cooperation and coordination
with the tourism industry.
State Websites:
Links
to Websites of Places Featured in the Lewis & Clark Travel
Itinerary
- Monticello,
VA
- Harper's Ferry National
Historical Park, WV
- American
Philosophical Society Hall, PA
- Big
Bone Lick State Park, KY
- Locust
Grove, KY
- Fort
Massac, IL
- Old
Cahokia Courthouse, IL
- Jefferson National
Expansion Memorial National Historic Site, MO
- St. Charles Historic District, MO
- Rocheport Historic District, MO
- Arrow
Rock, MO
-
Fort Atkinson, NE
- Sergeant
Floyd Monument, IA
- Knife River Indian Villages
National Historic Site, ND
- Big Hidatsa Village
Site, ND
- Fort Union Trading Post
National Historic Site, ND
- Great
Falls Portage, MT
- Three
Forks of the Missouri at Missouri Headwaters State Park,
MT
- Beaverhead
Rock, MT
- Clark's
Lookout, MT
- Traveler's
Rest State Park, MT
- Pompey's
Pillar, MT
- Lemhi
Pass, ID & MT
- Lolo Trail, ID
& MT
- Weippe Prairie,
ID
- Nez Perce National Historical
Park, ID & MT
- Cape Disappointment Historic District, WA
- Fort Clatsop, OR
- Natchez Trace Parkway,
KY & MS
Selected
Bibliography for Lewis & Clark
Ambrose, Stephen E. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether
Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996.
Bergon, Frank, ed. The Journals of Lewis and
Clark. New York: Penguin Books, 1989.
Betts, Robert B. In Search of York: The Slave
Who Went to the Pacific With Lewis and Clark. Boulder: University
of Colorado Press, 2000.
Billington, Ray Allen and James Blaine Hedges.
Westward Expansion: A History of the American Frontier.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1949.
Clarke, Charles G. The Men of the Lewis and
Clark Expedition: A Biographical Roster of the Fifty-one Members
and a Composite Diary of Their Activities from all the Known
Sources. Glendale, California: A. H. Clark Co., 1970.
DeVoto, Bernard, ed. The Journals of Lewis
and Clark. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1997.
Duncan, Dayton. Lewis & Clark: An Illustrated
History. New York: Knopf, 1997.
Fanselow, Julie. Traveling the Lewis and Clark
Trail. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press, 2003.
Ferris, Robert G. and Roy E. Appleman, eds. Lewis
and Clark: Historic Places Associated With Their Transcontinental
Exploration (1804-06). Washington, D.C.: United States Department
of the Interior, National Park Service, 1975.
Fifer, Barbara and Vicky Soderberg. Along the
Trail with Lewis and Clark. Helena, Montana: Farcountry
Press, 2002.
Furtwangler, Albert. Acts of Discovery: Visions
of America in the Lewis and Clark Journals. Urbana: University
of Illinois Press, 1993.
Hunsaker, Joyce Badgley. Sacagawea: Beyond
the Shining Mountains With Lewis and Clark. Boise: Tamarack
Books, 2000.
Jackson, Donald, ed. Letters of the Lewis and
Clark Expedition With Related Documents 1783-1854. Urbana:
University of Illinois Press, 1962.
Jones, Landon Y., ed. The Essential Lewis and
Clark. New York: Ecco Press, 2000.
Lamar, Howard, ed. The New Encyclopedia of
the American West. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998.
Lavender, David. The Way to the Western Sea:
Lewis and Clark Across the Continent. New York: Anchor Books,
1990.
Mansfield, Leslie. The Lewis & Clark Cookbook:
Historic Recipes from the Corps of Discovery & Jefferson's
America. Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 2002.
Moulton, Gary E., ed. The Journals of Lewis
and Clark, Volumes 1-13. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska
Press, 1983-2001.
National Park Service. Coronado National Memorial.
Arizona. (pamphlet) Washington, D.C.: government Printing Office,
1974.
Rodger, Tod. Bicycle Guide to the Lewis &
Clark Trail. Harvard, MA: Deerfoot Publications, 2000.
Schmidt, Thomas. National Geographic Guide
to the Lewis & Clark Trail. Washington, DC: National Geographic,
2002.
Seibert, Erika K. Martin, comp. The Earliest
Americans Theme Study for the Eastern United States (draft).
Washington, D.C.: National Historic Landmarks Survey, NRHE,
National Park Service, 2002.
Slaughter, Thomas P. Exploring Lewis and Clark:
Reflections on Men and Wilderness. New York: Alfred A. Knopf,
2003.
Thwaites, Rueben Gold, ed. The Original Journals
of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: Atlas. 1904. Reprint,
Scituate, Massachussets: Digital Scanning, 2001.
Children's
Literature
Adler, David. A Picture Book of Sacagawea.
New York: Holiday House, 2000.
Bergen, Lara. The Travels of Lewis & Clark.
Austin, Texas: Steadwell Books, 2000.
Bowen, Andy Russell. The Back of Beyond: A
Story About Lewis and Clark. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books,
1997.
Christian, Mary Blount. Who'd Believe John
Colter? New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1993.
Faber, Harold. Lewis and Clark. New York:
Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish, 2001.
Myers, Laurie. Lewis and Clark and Me.
New York: Scholastic, Inc, 2002.
Scheuerman, Richard and Arthur Ellis, eds. The
Expeditions of Lewis & Clark and Zebulon Pike: North American
Journeys of Discovery Travelogue. Madison, Wisconsin: Demco,
2001.
National
Geographic's Lewis and Clark web site features children's
activities
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