Census Bureau Facts for Features Special Edition: Lewis & Clark Bicentennial

U.S. Newswire › April 27, 2004

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WASHINGTON, April 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Census Bureau today released the following Facts for Features Special Edition on the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial:

On May 14, 1804, Capt. Meriwether Lewis and Lt. William Clark, charged by President Thomas Jefferson with finding a route to the Pacific Ocean, embarked from Camp Dubois, Ill., on the east bank of the Mississippi River, upstream from St. Louis. They were accompanied by a 33-member group skilled in botany, zoology and outdoor survival. The "Corps of Discovery" arrived at Oregon's Pacific coast in November of 1805 and returned to St. Louis on Sept. 23, 1806.

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Census Bureau Facts for Features Special Edition: Lewis & Clark Bicentennial

To commemorate the Lewis and Clark expedition, as well as the Louisiana Purchase, the U.S. Mint over the next two years will produce four versions of a redesigned Jefferson nickel. The new designs will replace Jefferson's home, Monticello, on the coin's reverse side. The first version, shipped to ...

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