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Horizons West Radio Show!
President Thomas Jefferson made an incredible gamble early in the history of the American Republic: The Louisiana Purchase. Although the commitment had been made, there was no way to know the full extent of the Purchase. Soon after the Purchase was made Jefferson convinced the Congress to appropriate $2500 to fund an expedition to survey "The river Missouri, the Indians inhabiting it... the whole line, even to the Western Ocean."Jefferson chose a protege of his, a Virginian Army Captain, Meriwether Lewis, to lead the expedition. Lewis chose his friend William Clark as co-leader of the expediti...
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Dec 30, 2024
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