In May 1804, to discover what was there, Lewis and Clark started up the Missouri River and entered the boundless and unexplored wilderness of the American West. They crossed one of the world's vast grasslands, the Great Plains, reached the source of the heretofore "deemed endless Missouri," crossed the great interior barrier of the Rocky Mountains, and traveld down the western rivers to the Pacific Ocean. They met with people that had never seen a white man, and discovered plants and animals unknown to science. They returned two years later to St. Louis.

During July and August of 2004 we traveled as close as possible via highways the route that Lewis & Clark followed in their journey from Camp Dubois near Hartford, IL to Fort Clatsop near Astoria, OR. It was a fantastic trip taking us 20 days and about 4800 miles. I had researched the web to find the most important locations and many minor locations on the Corps of Discovery's route. I gathered written material from each state's travel department. The itinerary was 32 pages long. We found almost all of the locations. The missed locations were because directions to them were not complete enough on the website where I found them. We even added a few locations because of information received from people living in that particular area.

The pages are set up in the order of the states that the Corps of Discovery progressed through on their route from east to west. I have combined some states because their route bisects the states. Within the state(s) the locations are listed from east to west. I took pictures of statues portraying Lewis, Clark, Sakajawea, York, and Seaman. I have put all of the statues on one page. I have listed the itinerary that we took on its own page.