RUSSELL: SACAJAWEA & YORK.
Lewis and Clark with Sacajawea and York, on Lower Columbia River. Watercolor, 1905, by Charles Russell.
It took the famous Lewis and Clark expedition over two years and 8,000 miles on their round trip from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. All in search of a water trade route that would connect the newly purchased Louisiana Territory to the young country of the United States. Led by decorated captains, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the expedition would not have been possible were it not for the aid of French frontiersmen and the native tribes who called the northwest their home. The help received from these people were sometimes the difference between life and death for the Corps, yet have remained relatively unsung in today’s history lessons.
Author: Mary Connell
Interviewer: Mickey Woll