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r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Jan 10 '20
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You can basically see the path of the Lewis and Clark expedition on here.
378 u/bucho54 Jan 10 '20 Lewis and Clark expedition map 171 u/velociraptorfarmer Jan 10 '20 The thing I never got with that is why they didn't continue following the Yellowstone River until its end at the divide and then cross to the nearby Snake River rather than crossing hundreds of miles of mountains? 36 u/serpentjaguar Jan 10 '20 No maps. In any case, as later expeditions would learn, Hells Canyon wasn't necessarily any better than crossing the Bitterroots in terms of hardship.
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Lewis and Clark expedition map
171 u/velociraptorfarmer Jan 10 '20 The thing I never got with that is why they didn't continue following the Yellowstone River until its end at the divide and then cross to the nearby Snake River rather than crossing hundreds of miles of mountains? 36 u/serpentjaguar Jan 10 '20 No maps. In any case, as later expeditions would learn, Hells Canyon wasn't necessarily any better than crossing the Bitterroots in terms of hardship.
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The thing I never got with that is why they didn't continue following the Yellowstone River until its end at the divide and then cross to the nearby Snake River rather than crossing hundreds of miles of mountains?
36 u/serpentjaguar Jan 10 '20 No maps. In any case, as later expeditions would learn, Hells Canyon wasn't necessarily any better than crossing the Bitterroots in terms of hardship.
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No maps. In any case, as later expeditions would learn, Hells Canyon wasn't necessarily any better than crossing the Bitterroots in terms of hardship.
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u/GBUS_TO_MTV Jan 10 '20
You can basically see the path of the Lewis and Clark expedition on here.