Produced by the Discovery Expedition of St. Charles, Missouri, these brief (under 10-minute videos) depict the preparations, hardships and accomplishments of the fabled explorers.

The Nine Young Men From Kentucky
Prologue:
While still in Washington City, Meriwether Lewis drafts the plan and invitation addressed to the one man he hopes will accept his offer, William Clark. Lewis has confided in him through this written communication that Clark will hold to the secrecy of t...

Early morning on August 31st 1803 the keelboat was finally completed and by midmorning Lewis was shoving off down the Ohio River. It was only one month earlier Lewis had received Clark's letter of acceptance to his invitation. Though greatly relieved, Lewis, because of the boat builder's delay,...

In late 1803 after leaving Ft. Massac on the Ohio, Lewis & Clark realized one thing upon turning into the current of the Mississippi heading upstream to the confluence of the Missouri, they needed more manpower. Muscle and strong backs were a necessity to move these boats across the flow from ba...