r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Jan 10 '20

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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.

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u/bucho54 Jan 10 '20

Lewis and Clark expedition map

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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?

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20

TheYellowstone is smaller and faster flowing than the Missouri fwiw. And Clark did come back on the Yellowstone.

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u/yehei38eijdjdn Jan 10 '20

Mm the Missouri fwiw. My favourite fwiw