History: Explorers

History: Explorers - Typing Practice Lesson

Lewis and Clark, compasses and the Erie Canal

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In 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out from near St. Louis to explore the land west of the Mississippi River. A young Shoshone woman named Sacagawea joined them and helped them speak with the people they met. The group reached the Pacific Ocean in 1805 and returned home the next year.

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