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Lewis & Clark Trivia

  1. How many Lewis & Clark campsites are located in Montana?

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  2. How many miles did Lewis & Clark travel in Montana?

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  3. What was the name of the Shoshone Indian woman who joined the Lewis & Clark Expedition at the Mandan Villages in North Dakota?

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  4. What was this Indian woman's (answer to question #3) child's "real" name? What was his nickname?

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  5. Which two members of the Lewis & Clark Expedition that left the St. Louis area in the Spring of 1804 did not return with Lewis & Clark to that same area at the conclusion of the Expedition in 1806?

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  6. From whom did the United States purchase the Louisiana Territory? For how much per square acre?

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  7. How many water falls did Lewis & Clark encounter in the Great Falls area?

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  8. Which Indian tribe took horses from Captain Clark's men as they traveled along the Yellowstone River in 1806?

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  9. What present-day highway in Montana is sometimes referred to as being a part of the "Road to the Buffalo"?

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  10. Of the three rivers that form to create the headwaters of the Missouri River near the community of Three Forks, which did the Lewis & Clark Expedition continue to follow in search of the famed "Inland Passage"?

    11. Answer: The Jefferson River
    Note: However, once at the headwaters of the Jefferson, the men had to again choose between three rivers that formed that river; the Beaverhead, Ruby and Big Hole.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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