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From 1804 to 1806, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led about 40 soldiers and boatmen on a journey commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson to find a route to the Pacific Ocean through the newly acquired Louisiana Territory. As they traveled, they mapped the land, recorded its resources, and contacted its native inhabitants. Since their exploration, rivers have been dammed, forests cut over, prairies plowed under, and roads built to the horizon, although remnants of wilderness still exist.
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