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Leaving Washington DC on March 15, 1803, Meriwether Lewis traveled via horseback through the eastern towns preparing himself for the western expedition.   Lewis attended crash courses on botany, paleontology, navigation and field medicine.  Purchased guns, tomahawks and knives and sent an invitation to William Clark to co-command the expedition. 
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Philadelphia, PA. to Gettysburg, PA.   140 miles

  Leaving Washington DC on March 15, 1803, Meriwether Lewis traveled via horseback (route in gold)  through the eastern towns preparing himself for the western expedition.   Lewis attended crash courses on botany, paleontology, navigation and field medicine.  Purchased guns, tomahawks and knives and sent an invitation to William Clark to co-command the expedition

Field Notes: Leaving Washington DC on March 15, 1803, Meriwether Lewis traveled via horseback (route in gold)  through the eastern towns preparing himself for the western expedition.   Lewis attended crash courses on botany, paleontology, navigation and field medicine.  Purchased guns, tomahawks and knives and sent an invitation to William Clark to co-command the expedition.

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POINT OF INTEREST: Philadelphia, PA. - Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Lewis and Clark Herbarium. More than 200 dried, preserved plant specimens were brought back by the explorers. 

POINT OF INTEREST Lancaster, PA - Sehner-Ellicott -von Hess House,Andrew Ellicott's former home. Lewis conferred with astronomer Andrew Ellicott to learn to plot latitude and longitude before leading the expedition.  

Gettysburg, PA- On June 10, 1803, a Conestoga wagon loaded to capacity with 3500 pounds of supplies and equipment destined for the western expedition left Philadelphia. At a rate of ten to twelve miles a day it traveled through the towns of Lancaster, York, Gettysburg and arrived at Harper's Ferry on June 28. Crossing the Appalachian Mountains the Conestoga wagon arrived at Pittsburgh on July 22.  The only member of the Corps living during the Civil War was Patrick Gass.

POINT OF INTEREST: Gettysburg National Military Park (National Park Service). 


 

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