2026 beyond Lewis & Clark trip – part 22: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s early life in South Dakota
This post and the next one take us back in time to when Laura Ingalls Wilder lived as a child, had her first teaching position, met a beau and enjoyed...
2026 beyond the Lewis & Clark trip – part 14: opening up North America meant people moving west and conflict
Once the United States purchased the land covered in the Louisiana Purchase, pioneer-minded people started moving west. But, of course, in some places others were already living in these areas...
2026 beyond the Lewis & Clark trip – part 13: William Clark at Fort Osage
Fort Osage in the first 20 years of the 1800s was both part of the U.S. Indian factory system and, as of 1808, a military fort. We’ll start with factory...
2026 beyond the Lewis & Clark trip – part 12: William Clark’s later importance – Fort Osage
We will be learning so much more about the Lewis & Clark expedition as we continue on our trip, but one of my questions is: What happened to Lewis and...