FOUND THE BUG TODAY AND THOUGHT I WOULD POST A SMALL HISTORY LESSON. THE BEST GEOGRAPHER OF THIS ERA WAS THOMAS JEFFERSON, HE WAS A SKILLED SURVEYOR,CARTOGRAPHER OF NORTH AMERICA. HIS LIFE LONG SEARCH FOR A PATH TO THE PACIFIC, HE WAS PERSONALLY SUCCESSFUL FOR PICKING LEWIS AND CLARK AND PLANNED THE EXPEDITION THAT LED TO HIS DREAM.......LEWIS AND CLARK SUCCEEDED IN MAPPING A ROUTE BEYOUND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE WEST COAST. THEY KEPT MANY JOURNALS ALOG THE WAY OF THE DISCOVERIES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS AND THE MEETINGS AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH MANY NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES......I WILL BE TAKING THIS TB WITH ME TO WEST VIRGINIA FOR A DROP IN WHEELING. MERIWETHER LEWIS MADE SERVERAL PREPARATIONS FOR HIS LONG JOURNEY IN WEST VIRGINIA WITH STOPS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. PATRIC GASS A MEMBER OF THE EXPEDITION IS BURIED AT THE BROOKE CEMETERY IN WELLSBURG, WV. LATER A KEELBOAT WAS BUILT AND LEWIS BEGINS THE DESCENT OF THE OHIO RIVER FROM PITTSBURGH ON AUGUST 31, 1803. LEWIS ARRIVES AT LOUISVILLE KY ON OCTOBER 14TH CLARK THEN JOINED LEWIS AND TOGETHER THEY WOULD START THEIR JOURNEY TO CAMP DUBOIS.///SACAGAWEA////INFO.VISIT WWW.IMAHERO.COM////PRESENT DAY THERE ARE 23 STATUES IN HONOR OF SACAGAWEA. SHE HAS MORE STATUES IN HER HONOR THAN ANY OTHER WOMEN IN AMERICA THERE AREA ALSO MOUNTAINS,LAKES AND RIVERS NAMED FOR HER. LEWIS AND CLARK USED THIS INDIAN GIRL WHO CARRIED HER BABY ON HER BACK THE ENTIRE WAY..FOR TRACKING HOURSE, TRANSLATION, LAND MARK FINDING, AND A SYMBOL OF PEACE TO PROTECT THE TEAM FROM OTHER INDIAN TRIBES...SHE WAS A TRUE LEADER AND HERO..THX FOR THE TB AND I HOPE HER TRAVEL THIS TIME TO BE AS WONDERFUL AS THE LAST ONE....LATER RAGEXN!!!