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The Indiana Territory and Lewis and Clark:
On October 26, 1803 near Clarksville and the Falls of the Ohio in the southern part of what would become the State of Indiana. Meriweather Lewis and William Clark set off on an epic journey to explore the Louisiana Purchase and the Pacific Northwest. Their journey takes them down the Ohio River through the Indiana Territory governed from Vincennes by William Henry Harrison. The explorers and their team remain in the Indiana Territory until May 1804 when they start moving up the Missouri River from their winter camp near St. Louis. America's destiny is theirs to chart. |